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Stranded on a lonely road, a school bus full of high school basketball players, their coaches, and cheerleaders must defend themselves from the Creeper - a flesh-eating ancient beast that resurfaces on the earth every 23 years to feed. Meanwhile, a farmer and his son set out on a personal mission to hunt the Creeper down.
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"Jeepers Creepers 2" might not be as frightening as the original film, but it is certainly more entertaining and action packed, possibly because director Victor Salva had a much larger budget with which to work. The result is a film that I would compare to "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn", as in there is more comedy, but still a genuine amount of thrills and chills. The film centers around Day 23 of the Creeper's feeding frenzy and this film takes place not long after the last film -- a matter of days. The targets are a bus load of teenagers, coaches, and friends, on their way back from the state championships, which they won. Before long, their celebration turns to horror as they are systematically stalked by the winged man-eater. Character actor Ray Wise stars as Jack Taggart, the coach of the team, and he is the protagonist of the film as he tries to save the kids from death. And, Jonathan Breck reprises his role as the Creeper.
This film has a very claustrophobic feel to it. Most of the action takes place inside of the bus, though there are also a few scenes outside, but very close to, the bus. That claustrophobic feel helps add to the fright factor, and it makes the suspense much more unbearable. The young actors do a good job of serving their purpose -- sex, screams, and dying -- and manage to not seem totally retarded (excuse me, mentally handicapped).
And, what the Creeper cannot do himself, director Salva does with wonderful camera work and expert timing, just as he did in his first film. I am glad he is back. Back? Where has he been? Well, Salva was convicted of molesting a twelve-year-old boy and served some prison time before he came back with the first "Jeepers Creepers". Usually, Hollywood would have shunned a director for committing such an atrocious act, but they welcomed him back into their arms and he is still able to produce quality cinema. Many groups have started boycotting this film already, as they did with the first, saying that the American movie goer should not waste money on a film directed by a child molester. I say -- that does not matter to me. If Steven Spielberg went out and murdered twenty people with a hatchet, I would still go see every Spielberg movie released, even if he did have to make them from prison.
"Jeepers Creepers 2" is a fantastic edition to the summer movie season and one of my favorite films of the year. I am so glad the horror genre is coming back and this film only helps to strengthen that resurgence. Kudos to Victor Salva for this film, and kudos to whomever decided to greenlight the third in the series. "Jeepers Creepers" deserves to be a trilogy. 7/10.
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#1:
Crispy
- added February 28, 2005 at 11:16am
the whole "political correctness bullshit" what
with the racial tension and whether or not the guy
was gay was blown WAY out of proportion
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#2:
Crispy
- added January 4, 2008 at 4:32am
The first time I saw this movie, I thought it was
absolutely horrible. I watched it again the other
night and I actually sort of enjoyed it, almost in
spite of myself. About a 5.5/10.
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#3:
Rik
- added July 3, 2008 at 2:16pm
I hope there will be a 3rd.
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#4:
Tristan
- added March 7, 2009 at 3:17pm
As cheesy as it was, I enjoyed it. I remember it
being a little better, but I guess that's just
what happens when you watch a movie like this in
your teenage years. Still, it was nice to see
where Salva took the story, expanding on elements
that were only introduced in the first film.
And Rik, there's supposed to be a sequel
coming direct-to-video sometime soon. I've heard
2009 and 2011, so who really knows.
6/10
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#5:
Jack Desmond
- added February 3, 2012 at 2:17pm
I liked this movie. Very scary, well directed and
great make-up/creature. Unfortunately, DaSilva
seemingly can't help himself in inserting some
homoerotic content at the end of the movie, when
three youths excit a pickup truck and one of the
young "men" is shirtless for no reason
whatsoever.
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#6:
Jack Desmond
- added March 20, 2012 at 7:36am
The only disappointing part of this was the stupid
"coda" ending. SPOILER ALERT: At the
climax of the movie, the Creeper looses an
arm/wing AND a leg and is stabbed repeatedly in
chest until it "dies". Then the
"coda" goes twenty some years later and
the Creeper is miraculously together in one piece
and the guy who "killed" it earlier is
waiting with his spear gun for the creeper to
awake again. First off, why the hell would the
guy sew the creepers parts back on so he could
reanimate? Did they grow back? And if they do
grow back, why the hell didn't he just burn the
fucker?
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#7:
Crispy
- added March 20, 2012 at 7:43pm
it was reanimating anyway. You can break it, you
can't destroy it. Burning it would have done
nothing.
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