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oyaskii:
Smile 2 (2024)

Now, I want a "Smile Cinematic Universe".

The first installment was a surprisingly brilliant horror spectacle, and this second part took all the good elements of the original and amplified them x100. Holy sh*t!

There’s a small "bridge" at the beginning to connect it to the first movie, but from that point onward, it becomes its own film. A pop star, with all the expected nuances...substance abuse, mental health in shambles takes over from the therapist in the original and enters a daring game of cat and mouse with the Smile entity.

The best part about the film is that it doesn’t try to explain where the Smile entity came from or how to defeat it, like most typical horror movies. Instead, it dives headfirst into chaos, delivering scintillating jump scares and thoroughly messing with your sense of reality, constantly blurring the lines between what’s real and what’s not.

And Naomi Scott! What the actual hell? Where did she pull that all-timer performance from? I seriously didn’t think she had it in her. It’s just top-class acting.

There’s a reason why the horror genre has been the standout in cinema this year, and Smile 2 epitomizes that fact. I wouldn’t mind if they made this every few years with a fresh cast and setting.

I’ll definitely be watching this again, though preferably not in a dark room like I did last night 😭.

An easy, easy recommendation for anyone who loves horror movies that make your heart leap.

8/10

abduleez1:
Top tier film. You just reminded me to drop my review. Watched it few days ago. Easily one of the best of the year. Naomi Scott gave an Oscar worthy performance. I don't think I've seen her in anything before this film, but she's brilliant.
I will easily carry the nomination shouts people are giving Demi Moore and give it to her. She was that impressive.

oyaskii:
Brooooo....Naomi Scott totally owned the role 😩😩, like wtf?.... deserves every accolades she is getting and more.... terrific performance!

The film is itself is just top shelf material like you alluded, i have never seen a sequel that is so much better than the preceding part in a like this one, in a long while. it's one of the very best out this year...There is a particular jump scare that nearly took me out maann, literally came out of nowhere 😩😩😅....this was a proper popcorn horror flick..so so good.

oyaskii:
Smile 2 (2024)

Now, I want a "Smile Cinematic Universe".

The first installment was a surprisingly brilliant horror spectacle, and this second part took all the good elements of the original and amplified them x100. Holy sh*t!

There’s a small "bridge" at the beginning to connect it to the first movie, but from that point onward, it becomes its own film. A pop star, with all the expected nuances...substance abuse, mental health in shambles takes over from the therapist in the original and enters a daring game of cat and mouse with the Smile entity.

The best part about the film is that it doesn’t try to explain where the Smile entity came from or how to defeat it, like most typical horror movies. Instead, it dives headfirst into chaos, delivering scintillating jump scares and thoroughly messing with your sense of reality, constantly blurring the lines between what’s real and what’s not.

And Naomi Scott! What the actual hell? Where did she pull that all-timer performance from? I seriously didn’t think she had it in her. It’s just top-class acting.

There’s a reason why the horror genre has been the standout in cinema this year, and Smile 2 epitomizes that fact. I wouldn’t mind if they made this every few years with a fresh cast and setting.

I’ll definitely be watching this again, though preferably not in a dark room like I did last night 😭.

An easy, easy recommendation for anyone who loves horror movies that make your heart leap.

8/10

oyaskii:
Brooooo....Naomi Scott totally owned the role 😩😩, like wtf?.... deserves every accolades she is getting and more.... terrific performance!

The film is itself is just top shelf material like you alluded, i have never seen a sequel that is so much better than the preceding part in a like this one, in a long while. it's one of the very best out this year...There is a particular jump scare that nearly took me out maann, literally came out of nowhere 😩😩😅....this was a proper popcorn horror flick..so so good.

blingxx:
The plot twist at the end give good source material for a third movie ..the smile demon is hard to kill

joseph1832:
Have you seen Laura Hasn't Slept?

abduleez1:
I don't know if it's the same scene you're talking about but yes, there was a particular jumpscare scene that actually took me out. I was expecting it but the shït overly delivered and made my heart get a little skip. That scene where she went to see the drug dealer. The moment the werey was running out of the room when he went to bring the stash, after he got possessed. That scene was gold.

Do you know that the actor was Jack Nicholson's son??

oyaskii:
That was scary as well, but the one i am on about, is the one at the tail end of the flick, when she was fighting her demon self 😩😩, the camera panned away, and returned unexpectedly booom! 😩😅

Yesss, the resemblance is so striking....The scene with him and Naomi Scott arguing in the car was pure gold, the camera angles were so great...proper cinema...

He even gave a shot reminiscent of one his dad's from "The Shining" 👌🏿

Achilles100:
Conclave

Interesting movie, I like it alot. The twist at the end , I didnt see it coming. I recommend.

joseph1832:
Warlock. 1989.

A marvelous watch. Enjoyed it, even though the last time I watched it I was a kid.

Ishilove, I wholeheartedly recommend this movie to you. Believe me, you'll enjoy it and have a good laugh.

oyaskii:
The short film that served as the origin story? Yesss....twas good as well.

joseph1832:
Warlock. 1989.

A marvelous watch. Enjoyed it, even though the last time I watched it I was a kid.

Ishilove, I wholeheartedly recommend this movie to you. Believe me, you'll enjoy it and have a good laugh.

GloriousGbola:
something made me remember that movie last week - the curse where the woman put 20 years each day and at the end of the movie she was desperately trying to catch the guy as a 60 or was it 80 year old woman

blingxx:
No no one have seen gladiator 2 to give us reviews ? Wow🤧

iamoyindamola:
I have all tinto brass movie collection
That man is a legend

iamoyindamola:
Oyaskii
Please do you have links for this Italian man tinto brass movies collection

GloriousGbola:
What a difference a year makes

blingxx:
No no one have seen gladiator 2 to give us reviews ? Wow🤧

abduleez1:
My most anticipated film of the year. Make I see wetin people don dey talk about since.

I'm loving this sudden release of Award films on digital this month. Normally we would have waited till December ending to even get to watching up to 3 of the late contenders.

BlackManta:
People play around with AI too much

This was allowed in a cinema, they didn't know it wasn't part of the promotional posters

naijastreams:
DISTRAUGHT LOVE by Sandra Ifudu, Chidi Dike, & Ugwu Amanda