Brahms: The Boy II
Directed by:
William Brent BellScreenplay:
Stacey MenearCinematography:
Karl Walter LindenlaubComposer:
Brett DetarCast:
Katie Holmes, Christopher Convery, Ralph Ineson, Owain Yeoman, Oliver Rice, Anjali Jay, Joely Collins, Charles Jarman, Natalie MoonVOD (2)
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American supernatural horror sequel directed by William Brent Bell. After their London home is targeted in a violent robbery, Liza and Sean (Katie Holmes and Owain Yeoman) decide to leave the city and take their traumatised young son Jude (Christopher Convery) to recuperate at a guest house in the grounds of Heelshire Mansion. The couple are hopeful Jude's condition will improve when he forms a strong bond with a broken doll he finds buried in the nearby woods. However, Brahms, the doll, begins exerting a sinister level of control over Jude. Fearing for their son's safety, Liza and Sean seek answers but are horrified to discover the gruesome history of Brahms and Heelshire Mansion. (Universal Pictures UK)
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The first The Boy is an exception in the filmography of William Brent Bell thus far; it’s the only film that can be watched without much grumbling. That’s something that even Bell himself was aware of, so he decided to follow up his only successful film with a sequel that, unfortunately, and in the style of his previous stuff, is absolutely stupid. To begin with, the way both parts are connected is nonsense, which to some extents harms the first film, or at least what was interesting about it. The Boy II is exactly what was expected of the first The Boy – if four years ago Bell hadn’t pleasantly surprised us. Generic, boring, lazy, clearly lined and without surprises. I’m getting bored just by thinking about it.
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