Film Review: Scream 5

 Genre: Horror / myster / Thriller

Cert: 18 cert

Director: Matt Bettinelli-OlpinTyler Gillett

Screenwriter: (screenplay) James Vanderbilt, Guy Busick, (characters created by) Kevin Williamson

Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera, Marley Shelton, Jenna Ortega, Dylan Minnette, Jack Quaid, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sonia Ammar, Mikey Madison, Mason Gooding, Kyle Gallner, Reggie Conquest, Chester Tam, Sara Elizabeth Ezzell, Clayton Frank, Boomer Mays.

Running time: 1h 54m

Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scenes may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Verbal references to boner pills

Characters make out in two scenes.

Verbal references to sex

In a scene two women are seen making out, this scene is brief and quick.

Violence & Gore: Several graphic sequences of bloody violence 

Profanity: 10+ uses of "fuck" and other frequent moderate uses of "shit", "ass" and "damn"

15 uses of fuck and its derivatives

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Alcohol use among teenagers

Frightening/Intense Scenes:  The bloodiest scream film to date.

People brutally killed by Ghostface, tones of gore and blood.

Story: Twenty-five years after the original series of murders in Woodsboro, a new Ghostface emerges, and Sidney Prescott must return to uncover the truth.

Likes: Scream 5 is it better than the previous film's? yes, I say that lightly because I do have a few issues with this film, but while I would say that the first Scream movie was the best, I did feel like the franchise was being milked through Scream 2 up until Scream 4 basically because the film was more focus on legacy characters and the Movies became so predictable that it just took away the suspense of the films.
That said Scream 5 actually feels different as it's not really focused on the legacy characters while they are in the film, it's more focused on new teen characters, that are now faced with a life-threatening serial killer called Ghost-face, that legacy character  Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) did in earlier films.

David Arquette returning as a legacy character officer Dewey Riley, who really stood out in this film as a retired cop suffering from previous injuries, but still had this piss-off badass attuide that he not gonna take this anymore style to his character this time as he helps them track down the killer.  
Melissa Barrera did a great job as the leading role which is a pretty big shoe to fill from Neve Cambell, but she really holds her own in this film, while some scenes her acting does feel like couch casting at times, but with what she was given she does a good job with her character.

Like the film as a whole, there are a few controversial moments that mention toxic fandoms, but it explains in a way that it is not fair to call people toxic fans when all they are doing to defend their fandom from being destroyed, which in IGN review took this the opposite way and got political with it, which is why ign should stop doing film review and focus on games.

If you're someone like me you're watching for characters behavior in the film, within I would say 10 to 15 minutes of the film, it gives a hint that a character inst who they are claiming to be which is a little predictable, while the film does a clever job at hiding who the other one is, it does give away who they are towards the end of the second act, I feel if the writing was a little better you could have hidden these two quite well.
Apart from this film is actually good while there are some horror tropes which door be open, the way they shoot been done to give the audience that suspense factor o is the killer gonna behind the door type of moments which is great but it like the film is being self-aware of itself. The way the killing is done this time is extremely brutal which fans of slasher movies will love. 

But would I recommend this film to audiences to watch, Absolute has this film doesn't feel milked like the others, it brings in a new generation which gives this movie its own standalone film, while still respecting Legacy characters from the previous film. 

 

Dislikes: The pacing in the first act is a little slow but it does pick up the pace toward the end of the first act. The film is slighty predictable and if you are good at spotting who they are the film does give it away, which is why it's not a perfect film.  

Overall: Predictable, but a good film around, worth watching, doesn't feel milked like the others.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 8.3 out of 10 for a sequel