Someone explain to me why on earth do they make sequels to flicks that were really no big deal in the first place. Usher in The Woman In Black 2: Angel Of Death.
Funny thing is, the original was not a gigantic hit but was a rather interesting movie, and a cut above the rest of this genre. Even Daniel Radcliffe was in the first movie, but he waved this one off. The original had a cool look, and a jolt or two. This one just looks cool.
This takes place in 1941 England, where a bunch of orphaned kids from WWII end up with some school teachers in the British countryside, away from the bombing in London. While there at this empty mansion they start being "haunted" by mysterious ghosts (The woman in black). This is supposed to be scary, but it's not. At all.
The teachers are trying to protect the children, and there are a couple of side plots that make no sense and you don't care about. And the reason is simple. There is nothing compelling about this movie at all. This movie just lays there and basically falls asleep. And you might too. A jumble of predictable attempted scary things, but you are way ahead of it. You see all of them coming and it's nothing you have not seen 50 times before in various other movies. Bumps ad bangs and shadows. Stop it! Imagination please?
There is a nice young actress in this movie, Phoebe Fox, and she is a refreshing face on screen as the main character and one of the young teachers. And this movie has a nice look, as it travels us back to the early 40's. I will say this movie is visually pretty well done, as was the first. But nice sets, props, and costuming doesn't a movie make. This simply isn't anything that is really interesting or exciting here.
The Woman In Black 2:Angel Of Death. DOA.
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