Rating: PG-13
Length: 86 minutes
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Charlie Sheen brings home Lindsay Lohan
and immediately starts setting up his video cameras. Though she isn't
on board with the idea, she quickly gives in, which leaves her open
for a possession. Once the first five minutes pass, "Scary Movie
5" jumps into its main storyline.
Jody and Dan are a single couple who
discover that his brother kidnapped his children and they all went
missing. When Snoop Dogg and his friend stumble across the kids
living in a cabin in the woods, the couple wind up taking custody.
They agree to move into a large house and have their lives tapped to
keep track of the children. Things go a little crazy when the girls
start talking about an unseen entity that they call mama. Do you see
where this is going?
"Scary Movie 5" got a lot of
negative and bad reviews, but damn, I really enjoyed it! If you
haven't yet seen "Mama," I highly recommend that you watch
it first. We managed to see it a few weeks ago (still haven't gotten
around to doing the review), and if we hadn't seen it, there's no way
that I would know what was going on in this one.
I'm a big fan of the franchise, but I
think this one is probably the best one after maybe the first or
second one. It pokes fun at everything from "Evil Dead" to
"Fifty Shades of Gray" with some "Paranormal Activity"
thrown in for good measure. Remember the pool vacuum from that film
moving on its own? Well in this one, the pool vacuum actually throws
its own wild and crazy party with other vacuums from the
neighborhood.
The only thing that didn't really fit
in with the film was the "Black Swan" parody. Jody suddenly
starts flashing back to her younger years and how her mother (Heather
Locklear) was a huge ballet star. That leads to her deciding that she
wants to start dancing again, which leads to far too many scenes
involving ballet class, dance rehearsals, and other dance scenes. The
only bright spot is Molly Shannon, who turns up playing an over the
hill ballet star.
Some of the best moments in the film
come when it pokes fun at other horror movies. The "Evil Dead"
scenes are the best. Jody and her rival/friend venture to a cabin to
track down a book that can end the curse on her family, and they
stumble across a group of kids having a good old-fashioned bible
study. After Jody says the right word, it curses the kids. See Bow
Wow cut off his own arm with a chainsaw was worth the price of the
ticket, especially when the kids get uncursed a few minutes later.
"Scary Movie 5" is bound to
have some haters, but if you liked the others in the series, you'll
like this one too.
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