Welcome to Movie Monday! Each week we will look at a movie either in theaters or available to stream by a major streamer. We will briefly review the movie, and tell you why it is enjoyable. This isn’t meant to be a detailed criticism, rather, a celebration of why a movie is entertaining or worth the watch. We will typically avoid spoilers, but if there are any, we will denote that clearly before it appears in the review. This week we’ll be looking at Black Phone 2.
Black Phone 2 follows a few years after the events of Black Phone as Finn and Gwen try to get past the psychological damage done from the original story.
Here, Black Phone 2 differences itself with more of a base from the realm of the supernatural. If you have seen the original movie, you know the linkage from the real world and the spiritual world through the black phone.
In Black Phone 2, that linkage is expanded upon particularly through Gwen. I will not go further for fear of spoilers but that linkage I found to be well done, and a great natural progression from the first movie. There are some frightening sequences in the film that utilize the setting well.
The film also does a good job with adding context and background to some key characters, without overdoing it and stretching the boundaries of too much or non useful information. Dialogue wise, a couple of the most memorable quotes are found in the trailers for the movie, but their presence in the movie is still momentous and additive.
There is enough to leave a good lasting impression, and no real swings and misses. Another interesting conversation could be had around the grabber, and his power in the movie. That was made a central theme through the movie (essentially the how he has power) and I thought, to go back to something previously stated, it was the proper linkage to reality and had just about the right amount of impact.
While it holds a slightly lower rating on IMDB than the original, Black Phone 2 is still worth the watch, should you be open to answering the call.
Black Phone 2 is currently showing in theaters.
