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The Rage: Carrie 2
1999
A surprisingly intelligent, entertaining sequel to the original Stephen King-penned high school prom nightmare. Twenty-three years later, Carrie's telekinetic half-sister Rachel (Bergl) is facing many of the same social hurdles as Carrie. When her best friend (Suvari), a fellow misfit, commits suicide as a result of being .. Read more
| Starring | Emily Bergl, Dylan Bruno, Jason London, Amy Irving |
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| Director | Katt Shea |
| Genres | Horror |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Romeo and Juliet Still Know What They Did Last Summer in this belated sequel to Brian De Palma's terrifying masterpiece Carrie. This abysmal travesty goes through the same narrative motions as the 1976 classic, even using clips as redundant flashbacks. Yet it repeatedly stomps on the memory of that class Stephen King act with utterly routine direction, tired gore and a complete lack of pathos. Emily Bergl takes a stab at filling Sissy Spacek's shoes as another vulnerable outsider with fatal telekinetic abilities who takes revenge on her taunting schoolmates at a post-Big Game party. However, she's fighting a losing battle in this colourless, crass and crude supernatural freak-out.
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You might think using clips from the original Carrie would add a postmodern tremor to this sequel. Wrong. In this... read more on Time Out
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A sequel that recycles the original movie with no understanding of what made it effective.
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
NICE
I like this film it is a good follow up to the first film and during the film reminds us of those good old carrie days. I like the storyline of how it links to the first one and generally i wouldnt say its scary but its certainly a very good watch. If you enjoyed carrie one then this is for you.....
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Raging Repition
The Rage is worth a watch if you're a fan of the original 1976 'Carrie' film and you like the whole high school drama/teen horror genre. I rented Carrie 2 expecting to find the film quite lame in comparison to it's original, but I was pleasantly suprised to find myself gripping onto the edge of the sofa in places. As for the storyline itself, well it is guilty of being a repeat of events which occurred 20 years earlier. There are plenty of flashbacks to classic scenes from the original Brian De Palma film, as Sue Snell remembers her past, but it was quite refreshing to see Sissy Spacek unleashing her full rage at the prom night again. I wonder whether there is more rage portayed in the first film than the second though!
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Sequel
Although I am not a great lover of sequels, I was pleasantly surprised to find this film was an excellent sequel to Carrie. Very enjoyable.
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Raging Repition
The Rage is worth a watch if you're a fan of the original 1976 'Carrie' film and you like the whole high school drama/teen horror genre. I rented Carrie 2 expecting to find the film quite lame in comparison to it's original, but I was pleasantly suprised to find myself gripping onto the edge of the sofa in places. As for the storyline itself, well it is guilty of being a repeat of events which occurred 20 years earlier. There are plenty of flashbacks to classic scenes from the original Brian De Palma film, as Sue Snell remembers her past, but it was quite refreshing to see Sissy Spacek unleashing her full rage at the prom night again. I wonder whether there is more rage portayed in the first film than the second though!
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[Highly rated reviewer]
not bad
It follows quite closely to the first film and is quite enjoyable. Not as good as the first one but you will enjoy it if you enjoyed Carrie. Definately worth watching
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
NICE
I like this film it is a good follow up to the first film and during the film reminds us of those good old carrie days. I like the storyline of how it links to the first one and generally i wouldnt say its scary but its certainly a very good watch. If you enjoyed carrie one then this is for you.....
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Raging Repition
The Rage is worth a watch if you're a fan of the original 1976 'Carrie' film and you like the whole high school drama/teen horror genre. I rented Carrie 2 expecting to find the film quite lame in comparison to it's original, but I was pleasantly suprised to find myself gripping onto the edge of the sofa in places. As for the storyline itself, well it is guilty of being a repeat of events which occurred 20 years earlier. There are plenty of flashbacks to classic scenes from the original Brian De Palma film, as Sue Snell remembers her past, but it was quite refreshing to see Sissy Spacek unleashing her full rage at the prom night again. I wonder whether there is more rage portayed in the first film than the second though!
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Sequel
Although I am not a great lover of sequels, I was pleasantly surprised to find this film was an excellent sequel to Carrie. Very enjoyable.
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3 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Modern day teen horror fun
This is so different from the first one. Not plot wise, but its basically a modern day teen horror. This is not a bad thing. If you can look at it as a separate movie, it has a genius all of its own. Its a shame it has to stand in Carrie's shadow. The lead is fantastic, and look out for a pre-American Pie Mena Suvari. It isn't scary, or a masterpiece, but it holds its own. This could easily have been a lot worse. Just don't expect it to live up to the first.
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- chaz83uk from Birmingham
- Posted 06 May 2005 22:19
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a modern version!
Being a fan of the original classic, i was keen to watch this and i have to say that this is as nearly as good as the original. Similar storyline revolving round carries's half sisters special powers! Good!
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Part arthouse, part schlock, part straight-to-tv
The director couldn't quite seem to decide what they wanted with this film. Part is trying to be dreamy arthouse. Part is pure gore lovers heaven. But for the most part this is a straight ahead made-for-tv affair.
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[Highly rated reviewer]
It flowed quite well but you have to be in the mood for it.
This film wasnt that bad actually as sequels go. Kinda picking up a few of the events without going into too much detail from the orignal film. It flowed quite well but you have to be in the mood for it.
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not a stephen king classic!
If your a fan of stephen kings writing, get ready for a disapointment. the classic book carrie and its subsequent original film were class even though it was 70's when they were wrote & filmed, they still hold true today. the sequel not wrote by the master horror writer stephen king , fails in my eyes to live up to the original film & book, to many flashbacks to the original film, it might as well have been a remake.
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[Highly rated reviewer]
boring
this didn`t seem to have a proper storyline like carrie and i couldn`t get into it at all . the first one was more believable
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[Highly rated reviewer]
not bad
It follows quite closely to the first film and is quite enjoyable. Not as good as the first one but you will enjoy it if you enjoyed Carrie. Definately worth watching
Critics' reviews (3)
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Romeo and Juliet Still Know What They Did Last Summer in this belated sequel to Brian De Palma's terrifying masterpiece Carrie. This abysmal travesty goes through the same narrative motions as the 1976 classic, even using clips as redundant flashbacks. Yet it repeatedly stomps on the memory of that class Stephen King act with utterly routine direction, tired gore and a complete lack of pathos. Emily Bergl takes a stab at filling Sissy Spacek's shoes as another vulnerable outsider with fatal telekinetic abilities who takes revenge on her taunting schoolmates at a post-Big Game party. However, she's fighting a losing battle in this colourless, crass and crude supernatural freak-out.
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You might think using clips from the original Carrie would add a postmodern tremor to this sequel. Wrong. In this... read more on Time Out
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A sequel that recycles the original movie with no understanding of what made it effective.
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