PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

GL84 After her friend commits suicide, a teen finds herself slowly getting involved with the football players who supposedly caused it only to realize their true nature and causes her to unveil her slowly-developing telekinetic powers on the guilty party at a celebration.This here was quite the enjoyable sequel which really has a lot going for it. What really gives this one some solid points here is the fact that there's some really rather fun and exciting ways in how the film is connected to the first one that ties them together rather nicely. It takes pretty much the exact same storyline and adds some contemporary sub-plots that actually move the story along and allow the film to set up a problem or two that will result in her humiliation. The reasons that she has to seek vengeance are very realistic reason, as wanting to get back at people who have broadcast her first sexual activity and then tying that into the game with her friend which is plenty of reasons to seek it. The sex alone would be enough, but then the other activities push her over the edge and sets the whole thing in motion with their tormenting and bullying her throughout that second half of the film. With that, the party where it all goes south is action- packed and striking with plenty of fun here with the fire, the grand design of the house coming into play with plenty of encounters on different levels and rooms of the house and the household objects used as killing instruments is very exciting to see. It has the spectacle needed to really sell the humiliation as necessary while remaining faithful to what the original showcased, provided more gore and really brought those powers to the forefront in a grand fashion which is needed here to let the film end on a grand note. These here really give this quite a lot to like and hold this up over the film's negatives. The film's biggest issue is the rather off pacing, as though it's not bland or dull nearly all of the action occurs at the end which allows for some really trying moments in the first half as we get character development and all the set-up and have to deal with a lot of cliché developments. These have appeared in so many films that there's little about the characters being developed which generates some rather familiar stereotypes as they are so easily spotted that you can do it yourself without any trouble. This one also tends to become quite loose when it comes to setting this one in the same universe as the with some rather flimsy connections to make that work and it really is a stretch on some of the issues. These here are the problems that hold this one back.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity, some sex scenes and a scene of animal violence.

OllieSuave-007 Filmed as a sequel to the original 1976 Carrie, this movie is set some 22 years after the events of Carrie. High school student Rachel has lost her best friend to suicide and, in making matters worst, is the victim of tormenting from a bunch of punk football jocks who sleep with girls to score points. But, this tormenting threatens to put Rachel's power of telekinesis to action.Emily Bergl did a nice job portraying Rachel as an outcast, troubled, yet vulnerable and sympathetic. Dylan Bruno and Zachary Ty Bryan played love-to-hate portrayals of Mark and Eric, displaying that rich but spoiled, punky guys type. But their acting was dull, as well as Jesse Ryan's emotionless portrayal of Jesse Ryan. The plot device of Rachel's best friend committing suicide after finding out she is another pawn in the guys' sex games is a clever way to lead into the movie's turn-of-events and, eventually, into Rachel's unleashing of her powers. Add onto the return of Amy Irving as Sue Snell to serve as a link between the two films, trying to discover the history of Rachel's powers and the link between her and Carrie is a great piece of suspense. However, much of this drama is lost as the plot was rushed through toward the second half of the movie.***major spoilers ahead*** The ending carnage was action-packed, but many important plot elements were left unexplained, including the fate of Rachel's mother, the whereabouts of Ralph White (Carrie and Rachel's father) and the town's reaction after Rachel's wrath. And, Sue Snell served as a very important link between the past and present and wanted to put all the pieces together to help Rachel, but she was unceremoniously killed off *** major spoilers ends*** What started out as a suspenseful and dramatic movie came to a mishmash of loose-ends.Grade D

Python Hyena The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999): Dir: Katt Shea / Cast: Emily Bergl, Jason London, Amy Irving, Zachary Ty Bryan, Dylan Bruno: Worthwhile sequel to Carrie dealing with inner madness opening with telekinetic Rachel witnessing her mother get institutionalized at a young age. Now in high school her best friend commits suicide. She was a pawn where a group of football buddies score each other on sexual acts. One of them had his picture taken with the victim and is under police investigation. Rachel meets Jason London after his dog is in an accident. He feels guilt after having participated in the football lunacy. Amy Irving returns as Sue Snell who learns of Rachel's powers and discovers her birthright. Stylish directing by Katt Shea who can be credited with the interesting prank subplot but its conclusion is disappointing. Emily Bergl does well as Rachel until all hell breaks loose in its duplicate conclusion. Jason London also holds strong as one of the jocks with a little more compassion. Irving unfortunately is wasted and her dismiss is pointless and pitiful. Zachary Ty Bryan plays one of the guilty football jocks in what is a more aggressive streak as compared to his stint on Home Improvement, but we know his destiny here. Other roles are more or less the subject to Carrie's rage where bad things happen. The result is a worthy sequel but hardly an improvement. Score: 6 ½ / 10

The_Film_Cricket Sometimes in a bad movie I can spot a diamond in the rough. 'The Rage: Carrie 2' has one or two diamonds and a lot of ruffage. There really isn't any reason for the movie to be a sequel to Brian DePalma's classic 'Carrie' except to package and sell it under a brand name. A little trimming of the screenplay and the movie could have worked just as well.The movie stars Emily Bergl as Rachel who has a connection to the character played by Sissy Spacek in the earlier film which is so lame that I shudder to even reveal it. Rachel is a loner who lives in a rotten foster home and is very unpopular at school.One day her friend kills herself after being jilted by a jock in a cruel sexual betting pool put in motion by the football players. This event in itself would have made for a very real story but the movie isn't that understanding and we get a grinding instant replay of the events from 'Carrie'.Rachel is telekinetic (just like Spacek) and her teacher (Amy Irving reprising her role as Sue Snell) notices and grows concerned. She's seen this before and makes it a personal mission to keep it from happening again. The most popular boy in school asks Rachel out and really begins to fall for her even though his friends think that he is just playing game with her.Rachel tries to make trouble for Jesse who drove her friend to suicide and the football team reacts by trying to suck up to her so that they can invite her to a party and humiliate her. We know what happens next, the blood and guts climax with the kids screaming and trying to get away as objects fly through the air and land mostly in their heads (those that aren't lopped off anyway). But that isn't the dumbest scene in the movie. That gem goes to a completely pointless scene in which Irving takes Rachel out to the sight of the old high school and it's still a pile of burnt rubble.The movie has its merits. Emily Bergl is a very relaxed actress who stays focused on the moment. I looked at her several times during the movie when another character was talking; she wasn't reacting, she was listening. I hope to see her in a much better movie because I think she has real talent.I could imagine pieces of this story working without the guise of a 'Carrie' sequel. I can imagine the story of a girl dealing with the fact that a cruel betting pool among jocks drove her friend to suicide. I can imagine how the movie would deal with her friend trying to make some sense of all of it. I could imagine how a sensitive jock would start to have feelings for her despite his friend's objections. Just clear out the clutter in this movie's screenplay and you have a decent movie.I shouldn't think so much in a movie like this but a movie this routine gives me a lot of time to do that. Sorry