American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002)

American Psycho 2 (2002) Well it's wasn't as great as the first, it's wasn't all that bad, I enjoyed some parts.I liked how the story started, it did seem like a pointless start to me as it dose not added to the plot, until later in the movie.I was a little dissaponting, that death scenes were all off screen, you do get to see the aftermath of the killing. Most of the gory ones were of scene, just one or two were on screen The twist, well if you call that twist, i could see that coming from mile away. The acting wasn't too bad. Also I did enjoy some of the dark humour they added, it flowed well with the rest of the movie.

American Psycho II (2002) BOMB (out of 4) In name only sequel to the cult film has Mila Kunis playing Rachel, a young woman who as a child killed the serial killer Patrick Bateman. Flash forward several years and Rachel is in college trying to become a FBI agent but her goal of becoming her professor's (William Shatner) assistant means that she will have to turn into a killer to knock off the competition. American PSYCHO II is just a poor cash-in on the cult success of the first film but I really don't knock it for that. As a fan of horror films I've come accustom to cheap knock-offs but the problem with this film is that it's just not nearly as clever as it thinks it is. The biggest problem for me is the entire tone of the picture, which seems to be wanting to wink at the viewer. Rachel is shown as just a sweet girl next door type and we get some of the worst narration that you're ever going to hear throughout the movie as we move from one killing to the next. This narration really was some of the worst that I've ever heard and it was quite annoying. Even worse is the music score, which also tries to wink at the viewer with its silly light touch. I'm really not sure what the producers were trying to do with this picture but it's certainly a complete failure from the opening scene to the last. Was this meant to be a spoof of horror pictures? Perhaps but it's certainly not funny and as I said before, the picture isn't nearly as clever as it thinks. Even worse is the fact that Kunis is just downright awful here and it's easy to see why she doesn't want anyone to bring the picture up. Everything from her line delivery to the way she shows any sort of emotion is just bad. Yes she's hot but that's certainly not enough to carry the picture. Shatner is pretty much just cashing a paycheck and adds very little to the picture. Even as a horror film this thing doesn't work as the death scenes are all forgettable and there's just not enough sleaze to make it entertaining.

You know this is a Killer Movie because there are these icepicks poking your ears for the first fifteen minutes. That was the shrill voice-over narration that could send sane Folks screaming from their seats and adolescents killing the killer of their babysitters.It doesn't get any more pleasant after the ear piercing. The "Musical Interludes" substitute when the voice-over is on break and while not as penetrating they are pathetic and may have you reaching for the volume button or the vomit bag.The humor is humorless, the murders are mundane, the acting is below par, and what passes for any Artistic expression from the Filmmakers is "that's a wrap". This betrays so many expectations and loudly proclaims..."this is all in good clean Serial Killer fun"...but it isn't.It is not anything but embarrassing for all involved and the most surprising thing is that on the DVD commentary the Director and Star actually attached themselves to this with pride. That says a lot.

It's fascinating. I never thought I would actually find a movie so blatantly terrible that I cannot stand even a single scene of it.Firstly: I am a big fan of the original American Psycho - an aspect that makes just how bad this movie is even worse, like a good sequel should of course.It is clear this movie has no idea what it is trying to be.Within the first 2 minutes it manages to portrays a complete disregard for the very point of the previous film - denouncing the psychological concept entirely and opting out of the yuppie satire for poorly exaggerated college melodrama alongside of course a charismatic, mysteriously nonsensical protagonist for an infuriatingly nonsensical protagonist.Attempting to disassociate this film in order to see how it stands alone from the prior would at the very best result in being deemed hilariously bad - or perhaps a very bad attempt at being quirky. I don't mean to overuse the word 'infuriating'; however it is the first things that comes to my mind when considering every aspect of this film.Now unless the characters of this film are failed attempts at satire, they make no sense whatsoever. Especially the protagonist who is so blind that all her motivations and goals seem completely unbelievable and impossible.And the music... by god the music... Where the first film had catchy upbeat tunes to contrast the dark imagery and portray a sense of black humour. The music in American Psycho 2 seems to do the Teen dramedy thing in which it blatantly portrays the characters feelings - in this case however much like the characters, script and direction makes no sense whatsoever.I cannot think of any constructive criticism whatsoever aside from renaming it to not tarnish the name of the original.For those of you who have seen the film: - Imagine the perpetual inner monologue/narrations was cut out entirely. The film would make no sense whatsoever.If I could I would give this film half 0.5/10. The half a point is for Shatner. Poor Shatner...