Film review: Halloween Ends

Genre: Horror 

Cert: 18

Director: David Gordon Green

Screenwriter: (based on characters created by) John Carpenter, Debra Hill, (written by) Paul Brad Logan, Chris Bernier, Danny McBride,   David Gordon Green

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney, Rohan Campbell, Will Patton, Jesse C. Boyd, Michael Barbieri, Destiny Mone, Joey Harris, Marteen, Joanne Baron, Rick Moose, Michele Dawson, Keraun Harris, Kyle Richards, Michael O'Leary, Jaxon Goldenberg, Candice Rose

Running time: 1h 51m

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

Sex & Nudity: A heterosexual couple kissing in a heated manner, implying to have sex later.

Has strong sexual references.

Violence & Gore: Scenes of violence include slashing, stabbing, shooting, choking, and repeated heavy blows with various weapons. Some of the action is on screen while some are implied or cut off right away.

A man's head is slammed repeatedly onto a table before his tongue is cut out in closeup.

Violence frequently results in gory injuries being sustained.

Profanity: 38 uses of fuck and its derivatives, including 18 uses of shit, 8 uses of ass, 3 dick, 2 faggot, 2 cocksuckers and 4 pussy

Multiple uses of religious profanities

Alcohol/drugs: Laurie is seen drinking a lot

A teenager asks an adult to buy beer.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: The character change of Corey may be intense, as he starts out as a nice guy, and then transforms into a serial killer

Michael's corpse is violently crushed and ripped apart in a metal shredder. While satisfying, extremely disturbing.

Story: Four years after the events of Halloween Kills, Laurie is living with her granddaughter Allyson and is finishing writing her memoir. Michael Myers hasn't been seen since. Laurie, after allowing the spectre of Michael to determine and drive her reality for decades, has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man, Corey Cunningham, is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can't control, once and for all.

Likes: Halloween End is it any good? To be honest and to the point, this was Possibly the worst Halloween film done, As a horror film with this Iconic character Myers it brings a style that the audience just wants to see him brutal kill his victims and cause havoc in the town of Hadley. while most of the Kills were good for a Horror film, sadly the film as a whole was just lazy screenwriting.  

Dislike: I feel the mistake was making a time jump in the film, I feel it left the writers nowhere to go with the story, which is why they added Corey played by Rohan Campbell which was written to take a dark path, the problem was that story arc by the 3rd act, just went Nowhere, when they could do something with it. 

The inconsistency with the first film concerning the supernatural element, which the first film said they Michael has no supernatural powers, is just human, to having Halloween end with Supernatural powers without any explanation why or where this supernatural power suddenly came from. 

The biggest Bait and Switch is the fact that Halloween is supposed to be about Michael Myers, he Barley in the film, like the screenwriters didn't know what to do with him, and instead use bait and Switch to kid replace his killing spree in an arc that goes no-where, To be honest, Myers was only in the film for a Max of 10 mins, that was a massive let down with an empty climax final battle, that Halloween fans will walk away very disappointed. 

The report from the box office is that film has already flopped, while the studio is blaming peacock steaming, let's be honest The screenwriting and story in this film are a Total mess and a very disappointing Hollween film from lazy writers    

Overall: Bad film, a Waste of time. Lazy writing.

Rating: 2 out of 5 for Entertainment / 4 out of 10 for Sequel