After having sat through the first "May the Devil Take You" movie from 2018, then I must admit that I was definitely looking forward to seeing this 2020 sequel from writer and director Timo Tjahjanto.
Sure, it was nice to see Chelsea Islan return to play the Alfie character again, but boy this movie was a confusing heap of rubbish. That being said, sure, if you haven't seen the first movie, then perhaps there is some level of enjoyment to clench out of this terrible sequel.
But if you have seen the first movie, then you might want to skip of "May the Devil Take You Too" (aka "Sebelum Iblis Menjemput: Ayat Dua"), because it simply failed to deliver anything even remotely close to the first movie. The storyline told in this sequel was just rubbish. And it was difficult to take it serious and buy into it.
Visually, then "May the Devil Take You Too" wasn't up to the predecessor. The effects in this movie were just too bland and often looked downright horrible, especially the scene with the tentacles from the mouth. Wow.
There is no proper coherent red thread throughout the course of "May the Devil Take You Too". Everything felt just made up on the fly, as writer and director Timo Tjahjanto went along. As such, then the movie was less than mediocre.
And the characters in the movie felt like cardboard cut-outs milling about, lacking backstory, motivation, and just actually downright felt like faceless drones with no purpose.
My rating of this 2020 sequel lands on a generous, but less than mediocre four out of ten stars.
Sure, it was nice to see Chelsea Islan return to play the Alfie character again, but boy this movie was a confusing heap of rubbish. That being said, sure, if you haven't seen the first movie, then perhaps there is some level of enjoyment to clench out of this terrible sequel.
But if you have seen the first movie, then you might want to skip of "May the Devil Take You Too" (aka "Sebelum Iblis Menjemput: Ayat Dua"), because it simply failed to deliver anything even remotely close to the first movie. The storyline told in this sequel was just rubbish. And it was difficult to take it serious and buy into it.
Visually, then "May the Devil Take You Too" wasn't up to the predecessor. The effects in this movie were just too bland and often looked downright horrible, especially the scene with the tentacles from the mouth. Wow.
There is no proper coherent red thread throughout the course of "May the Devil Take You Too". Everything felt just made up on the fly, as writer and director Timo Tjahjanto went along. As such, then the movie was less than mediocre.
And the characters in the movie felt like cardboard cut-outs milling about, lacking backstory, motivation, and just actually downright felt like faceless drones with no purpose.
My rating of this 2020 sequel lands on a generous, but less than mediocre four out of ten stars.