Unfriended was a great concept that turned into a decent enough movie that I liked. I thought that it was a good idea that teenagers will have slumber parties/horror movie marathons and enjoy. But, I predicted that there were going to be sequels from this great concept and I would question why. Why build upon a small success and then ruin it? Let the one movie build and see whether or not the movie's success catch on but no, the studios are eager to make more money and make more horror sequels that may be borderline passable. Well, this sequel is basically shocks and a message of not messing with the dark web because the characters and the story are not as interesting as the first movie.
Matias O'Brien (Colin Woodell) has acquired on a new laptop that originally belonged to Norah C. IV. After multiple attempts to figure out the password, Matias only opens with a password that is simply a question mark. He starts to work on this app called Papaya, which hears the user's voice and post their word on-screen, mostly for his deaf girlfriend, Amaya (Stephanie Negouras). Although, she is upset that the app makes it convenient for her to understand him but not for him to understand her. She hangs up on him.
Matias logs out of Norah's Facebook page, but after closing it, he starts to see messages addressed to Norah regarding plane tickets. Matias gets out on a Skype call with his friends - tech wiz Damon (Andrew Leeds), AJ (Connor Del Rio), DJ Lexx (Savira Windyani) and couple Serena (Rebecca Rittenhouse) and Nari (Betty Gabriel). They start to play Cards Against Humanity as Matias tries to get back with Amaya. On Facebook, Matias continues to see messages for Norah. But, they all witness what Charon IV is trying to accomplish and it becomes real weird from there on as the messages are threatening their lives.
I can see the filmmakers and writers are trying to accomplish something different but the idea seems to not go anywhere and it is not that scary. It has one idea but twists the dark web plot into something boring and a bit non-sensical. To be honest, I did not even care for many of the characters except for a couple who are played by Colin Woodell and Stephanie Negouras. The rest of the characters are personalities from the first movie except for maybe the couple. But, I do not remember them once the movie is over.
I felt the movie as a whole was disorganized as director Stephen Susco focused more on the characters and the creative murders than the plot. It seems that the villains' scheme gets lost in the shuffle as it focuses more on the personal situation than the situation as to what might happen to a character if the problem is not resolved. The movie is neither scary nor dependent of its clever concept of what to do differently or from a fresh perspective. I will admit there were are, at times, that I got hooked and what might happen and the ending is a bit jarring and sad. But, if I did not care about the characters or most of the story or most of the structure in the clever concept, the movie is like an echo in the wind that I will seem to forget in a quick minute.
*1/2
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