White Noise 2: The Light is slightly better than the first film. It could/should have been much better as the story was much stronger. It was certainly more entertaining than watching Michael Keaton watching TV for 90 minutes anyway. The problem was, quite typically in recent sci-fi/sudo-horror/paranormal dramas, was
the believability factor. Seeing dead people, fine, seeing 'The light', no problem with that, but the little things such as being left in the office of your wife and sons killer by his wife 'Because I'm sure you'd like to be alone' er, no, not buying that. It's these little details that can ruin a film for me. That and the rather silly ending that undoes a lot of good work anyway. Also, what the hell has happened to the usually up-beat, almost hyper-actively cool Nathan Fillion? He's positively lethargic in this film. A shame but I'll get over it, I guess it was better than I expected due to the fact that most sequels of average horrors aren't exactly known for their Oscar potential.
December 23, 2009
