American Psycho 2

 

 

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I thought this movie was hilarious! A fun horror-comedy you can eaisly enjoy if you don't base it on the first installment. The only connection to the original American Psycho is the opening scene where Patrick Bateman is killed (So if you can get passed that you just might like it). Give it a try.

Hey, it ain't Citizen Kane, but if you want to see a cool, twisted, and cheezy murder flick it's pretty cool. Also seeing William Shatner and Jackie from That 70's Show start to get it on was pretty wild. It's not really funny like the first one was, but it's still enjoyable.

Not really a sequel to AMERICAN PSYCHO, this is basically just a direct to DVD hackjob (courtesy of writers Alex Sanger & Karen Craig, & director Morgan J. Freeman- I'm not sure if he's a relation) made to try & cash in on that movie's success. Obviously, they failed.
Mila Kunis plays Rachael Newman, a student of Behavioural Sciences at Quantico who happened to witness the brutal murder of her babysitter as a girl at the hands of Patrick Bateman, the original AMERICAN PSYCHO, so in retaliation she kills him. The police never link her to the crime so as a result of this Rachael has discovered she enjoys killing & decides to devote the rest of her life to killing other psychos as a form of retribution in order to better understand how they think & advance her career prospects in the FBI. She thinks of herself as "the Robin Hood of serial killers".
Ironically, her college professor is none other than James T. Kirk... woops, I mean Robert Starkman (William Shatner) the FBI profiler who caught Bateman.
This movie (almost) recreates the "microwaved cat" scene from Bret Easton Ellis's original novel. But that's about it. One of those "Why did they bother?" sequels, loosely & clumsily tied to the original (a la THE RAGE: CARRIE 2). Add to this some of the stupidest gore scenes ever put on film & the notion that we're supposed to believe that cute college girls are attracted to pudgy old Bill Shatner! The story is stupid, the dialogue is stupid, the ending is stupid, but AMERICAN PSYCHO 2 will probably be remembered as "the movie where Captain Kirk got eviscarated". None of the actors here have the charisma Christian Bale showed as Bateman (still his best performance in my opinion). Avoid this, & stick with the original. If "sequels" like this continue to be green-lighted then you may want to keep your eyes peeled for FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 12: JASON VS SPOCK. The machete versues logic: something this movie lacks- sharpness & intelligence. Also appearing in the film is Geraint Wyn-Davies, best known from the cult TV show FOREVER KNIGHT.
DVD extras include the trailer, commentary tracks & an alternate opening). If you still care.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Wow.
I don't mean 'Wow.' as a compliment. It's rare that a movie comes out that is so bad that it makes you laugh. Read more

Published on Jun 11 2004 by Brad Cooper

2.0 out of 5 stars No Good
Well its a stupid movie with a stupid plot, but Mila Kunis is quite good, I dig her a lot. Someone should put her in a real movie and see how she handles it.

Published on Jun 3 2004 by Anthony Schneider

1.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably Awful
Having not yet seen the original AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000) that starred British actor Christian Bale as the titular character, Patrick Bateman, as made infamous in the ultraviolent... Read more

Published on May 14 2004 by Robert J. Schneider

2.0 out of 5 stars Nowhere near the original...
This movie was a major dud. I was so hyped to see this movie, when I saw it I just shook my head. It has nothing to do with the first 'American Psycho' movie except for the... Read more

Published on April 26 2004 by James Felty

1.0 out of 5 stars We Need Stronger Words Than "Horribly Spastically Bad!"
This movie reminded me of that MadTV skit about the "Insanely Disappointing Memo." After 5 minutes of this miserable waste of electrons I wanted to howl at the moon buck... Read more

Published on April 5 2004 by H. Campbell

1.0 out of 5 stars What a crap !
Sorry but there is nothing positive I can say for this movie. Is the director get paid to make such a crap ? Is he really a director ? Read more

Published on Mar 10 2004 by Guiglou

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a SATIRE. . .watch it satirically
As a satire goes, it's 5 stars, consider it anything else, you would have to consider taking all the stars off. Read more

Published on Jan 11 2004 by E. Ellis

1.0 out of 5 stars Why? Why? Why?
American Psycho was a masterpiece. Christian Bale gave an incredible performance as Patrick Bateman. And this makes American Psycho II even worse by comparison. Read more

Published on Dec 18 2003 by Travis Carey

3.0 out of 5 stars Hey now, it wasn't THAT bad
I thought the movie was cute! No, it wasn't Oscar material and it was never meant to be. However, it did make for an entertaining watch. Read more

Published on Dec 2 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Well.... At least Mila Kunis is hot in this.
I like the original American Psycho until late one night I saw that they had a sequel to it so I gave it a shot a my thought are without a doubt nowhere in a league with AP. Read more

Published on Oct 27 2003

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