Bessie Smyth
Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
toddg-473-289818
Not sure why this movie evoked so many negative reviews. A sequel always has more potential if it tells the next chapter in a story, rather than repeating the same story again. THE LAST EXORCISM II does that, following Nell Sweetzer on her journey from the farm to the big city, and how the demons still haunt her and want to possess her permanently.Make no mistake about it, this is an Ashley Bell movie. Her amazing physical dexterity shown in the first movie is used again in this movie, along with a greater range of emotions than just sweet and innocent turning into demonic rage. And the vehicle that the script uses to further the attempt at her possession is a sexual one, rather than a violent one. Fortunately, the movie chooses to be suggestive rather than gratuitous, and could have easily fallen off the slippery slope of being too overtly sexual. What didn't work in expanding Nell's character in this way is that she is supposed to be 17, yet she and the other girls living in the halfway house all look to be in their mid 20's, far past the time when schoolgirl crushes and giggly behavior look plausible.The title of this movie is a bit misleading, as only a small portion of it is dedicated to exorcising her demons, and that section is too quickly glossed over. And the man leading the exorcism transitions from supremely confident to frightened and incapable as if his character's placement in the movie was an afterthought.The ending shows Nell overtaken by her demon, paving the way for a third installment, rather than proclaiming some sort of victory or redemption. Kind of a letdown, but not nearly as much as the ending of the first movie.
trashgang
After the millions that made The Last Exorcism the producers must have been cursed by some evil spirit to summon the money out of horror buffs to see this awful second entry into the story of Nell (Ashley Bell). I thought that Ashley would show her abilities again of moving her body in weird ways but it just didn't happen. It's a slow builder, the evil entity comes slowly in the life of Nell but once it does it never develops. There's nothing frightening or nothing even works out fine here. After a while it even became rather boring. I don't understand that a ,name like Eli Roth, involved here didn't make it worth watching. And when things go wrong and Nell is getting possessed the evil is shown off-camera. The final was even laughable when Nell is driving away. The Last Exorcism part 2 was made just for the money, let the devil curse the producers. Luckily Ashley Bell looked believable. Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 0/5 Story 1/5 Comedy 0/5
Roland E. Zwick
"The Last Exorcism: Part II" is a run-of-the-mill tale of demonic possession whose every "thrill" is telegraphed miles in advance.Ashley Bell is a young woman who is sent to live in a home for troubled girls in New Orleans after her family is killed, probably as a result of their membership in a satanic cult (I have no idea if familiarity with the first film is helpful in understanding this one, but it probably couldn't hurt). Weird things keep happening as the forces of evil mount their assault on the most hapless, put-upon little Nell since "The Old Curiosity Shop."It's hard to tell which is more tiresome and hackneyed - the demon-possession scenario replete with oodles of exorcism rituals and Satanic mumbo-jumbo, or the employment of every horror movie staple from false scares to levitating bodies to figures skittering by in the foreground of the picture. There's very little about the movie that feels original so we're left to ponder all the better versions we've seen of the same story while ticking off the minutes till the closing credits come crawling by.
DustinRahksi
Um, what's there to say, it's bad. But it's that weird kind of bad. It's full of weird people, and plot points, and just plain weird scenes. The characters and their acting range from bland to....a lighter bland. Before the last ten minutes, it was pretty straight forward that Nell is batsh-t insane, there ain't no demons, came on. This is pretty much the things people in the real experience, and claim to be some possession BS. I honestly couldn't tell if any of the characters were good, they were all just so strange, I was suspicious of everyone. Really, I juts can't focus my thoughts, this film was so jumbled. There are so many pointless moments, like that guy commanding some light tree thing, right after Nell was having her...sex...dream thing. Or that statue guy during the parade. I don't know, this movie was overly sexual, numerous times throughout the film Nell listens in on people doing it, she dreams about it constantly, she looks like she wants some Gwen, she at the end she even licks her face. It's just stupid, maybe it symbolizes the fact she has to be the Devils baby mama, it's just dumb. It's time to talk about clichés. First on the list, birds flying into the windows, that's three horror films in 2013 alone that have that happen, my god. Second, the static T.v., that plays mysterious video of Nell. I'm surprised there is no levitation or contorted movements, oh wait, you'd at least have to put some scary scenes in the film to do that. Yeah that right, not one, and I am dead serious when I say not one, single second of this movie tried to be scary. People having seizures, not scary. Creppy guys on demonic phones, not scary. There isn't even any of that stupid jump scare music, or any loud noises for that matter. Even the lowest budget, quarter ass-ed, garbage on Netflix tried harder than this. And yes, Nell looks like she's at least 30 in this film, even though she is only 17, they did even try to hide her aged face.And lastly, the ending. Nell switches over to the dark side, she magically UN-restrains her self from the table, and takes the imaginary devils hand. She really just grasped at the air. Oh, yeah this had a 30 second exorcism scene, YEP, 30 seconds, wow. Then they just gave up and pumped some poison into her, which was clearly a mistake in such a time sensitive moment. They should have just bashed her head, but no, the film wants to set itself up for a continuation. It ends with Nell becoming some type of X-men/Carrie wannabe.Now I remember why I didn't go to the theatres to see this, well it's still better that The Conjuring, whoops.
