# Rage: Carrie 2, The (1999)

### reviewed by
Berge Garabedian

    RAGE: CARRIE 2
    RATING:  5 / 10 --> Not a good movie

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In 1976, director Brian DePalma created a legendary thriller based on a best-selling novel by the horror-meister himself, Stephen King. Sissy Spacek played the lead and garnered an Oscar nomination for her role. Even John Travolta showed up for the fun. Twenty-two years later, in the midst of teen-flick mania, some wise folks over in Hollywood decided to update the film for the kids of today. Bad idea.

PLOT: Girl#1 meets boy#1. Boy#1 sleeps with girl#1. Girl#1 tells her best friend, girl#2, she really digs the guy. Guy#1 tells his friends that he doesn't give a crap about girl#1. Girl#1 finds out. Girl#1 does something real nasty to herself. One of the guy's friends now starts liking girl#2. Is he using her as well? Does he really like her? Not sure, but either way, girl#2 possesses telekinetic powers by which she can move things with her mind when she is upset, and hurt people real bad. Enjoy the movie.

CRITIQUE: Lame, predictable, slow and not scary...and those are its good points! I wish I could say that this film had something going for it, but it doesn't even have any cheap T&A shots, pop-culture humor, or one decent, hip teen TV star to gaze at (Okay, I know the kid from "Home Improvement" is in it, but he ain't really all that hip.) If you've seen the trailers for this movie, you've pretty much seen the only exciting parts of this entire film. It starts off slow, it continues to go slow, and then eventually downshifts into the most anti-climactic and foreseeable ending this side of the PSYCHO remake! The best part about this movie is when they splice in shots of the original CARRIE, and that's not saying much. Amy Irving, we forgive, because this is the best that you could muster at this point of your career. The rest of the cast is lame and forgettable, non-withstanding Jason London (Twin brother of the kid who starred in Kevin Smith's MALLRATS, Jeremy), and Emily Bergl in her feature film debut.

If you're looking for a bad horror movie, this is it!!! I saw this film at a sneak preview, where most of the audience got in for free, and even then, people we're walking out! By the end of this cinematic gig, most people were rolling in the aisles with laughter, but not because of the humor in the film, but for the cruel joke that we had all just been a party to. Even the soundtrack sucked. All in all, I would recommend this film only to those who love to see bad horror movies, or cheezy remakes that blow chunks. Otherwise, skip this dull follow-up and rent the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, if you really want to get the schmekkies scared out of ya!

Little Known Facts about this film and its stars: Amy Irving actually made her feature film debut in the original CARRIE. She was the only survivor of the infamous prom night inferno (It's scary to think that she actually got original director DePalma's okay on this project as she notes in the press clippings, "I talked to Brian DePalma about it, to get his blessing, and he thought it was a great idea and I should go for it." Emily Bergl, who plays the lead in this incarnation, is also making her feature film debut. She was originally born in England, but mainly grew up around the Chicago area. In 1993, she was a national champion in Poetry Reading (National Forensic League). Elijah Craig also makes his big-screen debut in this movie. His mom is actress Sally Field. Dylan Bruno, who plays the character of Mark in this film, graduated from MIT with an engineering degree in 1993. His latest role was in Steven Spielberg's SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. Jason London is real-life twins with actor Jeremy London of TV's "Party of Five". He is married, and has a daughter named Cooper. Zachery Ty Bryan has played the role of Bradley Michael Taylor on TV's "Home Improvement" since 1991. Director Katt Shea plays the role of the Deputy DA in this film. Actor John Doe, who plays Rachel foster dad in this pic, got his name during his years in the punk rock band "X". Producer Paul Monash also produced the original CARRIE back in 1976. He hadn't produced anything since.

    Review Date:         March 10, 1999
    Director:                 Katt Shea
    Writer:                    Rafael Moreu
    Producer:               Paul Monash
    Actors:                    Emily Bergl as Rachel Lang, Jason London as
    Jesse, Amy Irving as Sue Snell
    Genre:                    Thriller
    Year of Release:   1999
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