Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Lightdeossk Captivating movie !

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

breakdownthatfilm-blogspot-com In the late 1990s, there were a number of low budget holiday horror related movies that received public releases. Some of which were abysmal, while others showed that they were not gold, but did have something to like about them. Aside from being mistaken for Michael Keaton's family holiday film with the same name Jack Frost (1998), Michael Cooney's Jack Frost (1997) was by no means a spectacular film with great production value or any other kind of value for that matter. It had a cheap look in its sets, practical/special effects and not all of its actors sounded fully invested. Yet with a premise that was turned on its head, with a remarkably goofy but memorable villain who had inventive kills, this slasher film seemed to grow on the viewers it was played in front of. Now as for whether this green lit its sequel or not that's a whole other topic of discussion.For what's given on the surface, it seems like things are kept to a standard. But that turns out to be proved wrong as the viewer will see that Michael Cooney, who credits himself as the writer/director again made some noticeable changes to this entry. Most of which these revisions undermine what small credibility the first installment made for itself. A year after Jack Frost was disposed of, audiences revisit Sheriff Sam Tiler (Christopher Allport) and his wife who decide that for this Christmas, it's time to go somewhere else. This time by attending a friends wedding in a tropical resort. Seems like a smart choice until someone digs up the buried antifreeze that Jack Frost (Scott MacDonald) was melted in. This already brings up a big question. Who in the world dug up Jack Frost and if it was buried in an unmarked grave, how'd the person find the location? This character is never announced to the audience nor does he play an integral part to the rest of the plot. Wouldn't it have been more interesting if it was someone Sam knew?This is just the beginning. The continuity is astonishingly bad when it comes to story and reasons. Another example of this is the rebirth of Jack Frost. It makes no sense at all and fails to explain why it worked. The only thing Cooney successfully gives justification for is Jack Frost's weakness. The other significant modification Cooney makes to this screenplay is making the characters a little too self aware of the story at hand. A good choice for this claim is the reappearance of Agent Manners (David Allen Brooks). Even Allport's character mentions how he doesn't understand how Manners survived/followed him. Instead of actually answering this question, David Allen Brooks ends up playing Manners like that of a parody to what the character of Manners originally was portrayed. Every other actor plays their character alright but not worth remembering. Interestingly enough though, famous actor Doug Jones has a small role (although its nothing memorable either).Christopher Allport as Sam Tiler again plays his character like before; timid but courageous enough to fight. He and Scott MacDonald, voice of Jack Frost are the two highlights. MacDonald again flexes his voice chops for Frost and it sounds like he had fun once more as the cold- blooded killer. Sadly though, the viewing experience will have audiences thinking there wasn't much of Jack Frost in it either. In fact, there's a good portion of the movie where Jack Frost just vanishes and doesn't show up until the last few minutes to the finale. This all happens when Frost realizes he can create little deadly snow puffball creatures. The idea was fine but the fact that once they were created, Frost took a back seat. Isn't this movie about Jack Frost? Why isn't he in it as much? It is about him right? The cinematography by Dean Lent (who also worked on the first film) did an OK job at getting the standard shots but it still doesn't stand out anywhere. Lent only seems to be good hiding the fact that the cast is not on an island when it comes to inside buildings. Outside though, it's noticeable.The last two elements not covered yet are the effects and music. For the special/practical effects used - it looks somewhat better than before. These are especially distinct when Jack Frost goes from solid to powder snow form. It's not James Cameron good but it isn't awful either for the movie that it is. The gore is perhaps stronger, with deaths more grizzly than before. Some of which are predictable while others not so much. Some of which these kills are wonderfully quoted by MacDonald. The music composed by Chris Anderson (another crewmember who worked on the first) is only mediocre at best this time. Sometimes there will be a unique tune while others there will be recycled material. The track that gets recycled the most is agent Manners which was OK for the first time but wears thin very quickly after every time he says a line. I guess being creative with the music wasn't even in Anderson's agenda this time either. This sequel is kind of watchable but isn't much of a guilty pleasure like the first.Even with main actors, writer/director, cinematographer and musical composer all returning, only half as much entertainment can be taken from this already mediocre franchise. It's two leads and the violence are the only real redeeming qualities. Michael Cooney's writing worsens with every passing minute and even forgets that the movie is about Jack Frost for a bit, thus leaving its already small fan base rather dry.

Michael_Elliott Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000) BOMB (out of 4) Horrid sequel to a really awful movie has everyone's least favorite killer snowman following the cop from the first film to a beach where more deaths happen. JACK FROST 2 is a painful film to sit through because it's just so downright boring that the 91-minutes really do feel like torture. In fact, I'd highly recommend someone to brutally mutilate themselves before sitting down to watch this thing because it really is that bad. Like the first film, you really shouldn't take this thing too serious but whereas the first at least had a couple interesting things in it, this sequel is just downright awful. On a technical level I guess you can give writer-director Michael Cooney some credit that the film looks decent but there's still no way to overlook everything else. Look, I get it that this here is just meant to be camp but I didn't laugh at any of the spoofs and I certainly wasn't scare by anything here (unless you could the horrid CGI snowman). The film contains bad acting, bad writing, bad special effects, a bad story, bad kills and just not a single good thing. You really can't even enjoy this thing on a "so bad it's good" level because of how hard it is to get through the thing. This here is certainly something that Santa should give out to bad kids instead of coal.

Woodyanders Killer snowman Jack Frost (robustly voiced with rip-snorting snarly gusto by Scott MacDonald) comes back to murderous life and goes to a resort on a Caribbean island to exact revenge on his nemesis Sheriff Sam Tiler (an earnest and engaging performance by Christopher Allport). Can Sam figure out a way to stop the seemingly indestructible frozen fiend before it's too late? Writer/director Michael Cooney cheerfully covers all the right wonderfully wretched bases to make this fabulously freaked-out honey a prime slice of entertainingly atrocious Grade B schlock: a gloriously ludicrous premise that's played strictly for cheap silly laughs, hokey (markedly less than) special effects, mostly terrible acting from a largely lame no-name cast (Ray Cooney clearly cops the top thespic dishonors for his endearingly dippy portrayal of stereotypical jolly Brit resort owner Colonel Hickering), a generic hum'n'shiver score, loads of groan-inducing one-liners (favorite quip: "20% chance of frostbite and 100% chance of death!"), a hysterically broad sense of infectiously goofy humor, annoying characters (Sean Patrick Murphy in particular totally grates on the nerves something fierce as the obnoxiously hale'n'hearty Captain Fun), deliciously cheesy gore set pieces (an exploding head, eyes gouged out with tongs, tongue torn off, etc.), a gut-busting last third that blatantly copies "Gremlins" (Jack's deadly snowball offspring embark on a merry bloodthirsty spree!), and a terrifically ridiculous "it ain't over yet!" surprise sequel set-up ending. Better still, several hot babes strut about in revealing bikinis and Jack offs a foxy Asian gal who goes skinny-dipping in a pool. A real over-the-top wacky'n'tacky riot.

girl_in_the_zone Unexplained things from this film:1. Lack of lab safety protocol e.g. leaving a full cup of coffee unattended on the edge of a highly volatile tank of toxic liquid 2. Surely the cleaner would have noticed he was bumping into the tank after the first bump, yet he continues to 'back up' into the tank causing the coffee to spill into the liquid which regenerates Jacks DNA. 3. The airport is clearly someones house 4. Why do 2 people on a raft only bring a candy bar and a carrot? it's hardly a good combination for a meal! 5. Who talks to ice cubes?? 6. Ice anvil...genius. 7. "Would a shark do THIS??" (cue eyeballs on tongs) 8. Manners appears (cue unnecessarily dramatic music) 9. Surely they could have oiled the robot Jack before filming, or at least edited out the squeaks! 10. Bananas? Really?etc etc. This could go on for a while, but we wish to get to the point. The carrot at the end. Now...what?! Why does a giant carrot fall from the sky and crush a boat with 2 Asians in it?! is it purely so they could use the line "Godzilla!" or is there an actual point?? We welcome any answers, we really are quite confused. Brilliant film though!!!