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While Urban Legends: Final Cut is not nearly as terrifying or inventive as its predecessor, the film does offer up a fairly suspenseful whodunit that fans of the teen-horror genre will likely appreciate. Amy Mayfield, the film's heroine (played by fresh-faced Jennifer Morrison), the daughter of an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker, is trying to make a name for herself at Alpine University, "the greatest film school that ever existed". Along with several other students she is competing for the coveted Hitchcock award, which virtually guarantees the winner a successful career in Hollywood. When the film school's resident genius and likely winner of the award is found dead, suspicions arise. As other film students are killed off one by one, everyone becomes a suspect. Would someone kill to win the prestigious award? While striving to be Hitchcockian in theme (as evidenced by its multiple references to the director himself), the film never quite moves beyond cliché. Many scenes are a little too reminiscent of other popular teen-horror flicks such as Scream (the anonymous masked killer, though not nearly as frightening), The Blair Witch Project (Amy is chased through desolate woods by her stalker), and Friday the 13th (Amy hides from the killer in a lake setting eerily similar to the one where Jason lurked so many years ago). These elements seem just a little worn out. Morrison gives a serviceable performance, and Loretta Devine, from the original Urban Legend, adds humour as a Foxy Brown-worshiping security guard. The film manages to keep you guessing until its conclusion, and a sequence set in an abandoned amusement park is truly creepy. But ultimately Urban Legends: Final Cut lacks the originality to make a name for itself among the many films of its genre. --Mindy Ruehmann, Amazon.com
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Urban Legends 2 - Final Cut is about a group of students at a film college who are competing for an award called The Shakespear Award which will pretty much guarantee them a place in Hollywood with their movie. The main charactor is played by Jennifer Morrison (STIR OF ECHOS) and she has an idea of making a horror movie about a serial killer who's murders are based on Urban Legends . . . but someone is killing off her cast and crew. In this movie nobody is safe and everybody is a suspect.
This is an above average slasher movie with a reasonably good cast. The only problem I had with this movie was that, with the exception of the first death (which was also the best and the only gory in one in the movie), I hadn't actually heard of any of the "urban legends" before. This didnt't really spoil the movie but I just thought I'd warn people in case you were dissapointed by this.
As well as horror this movie also managed some humour which I usually like in a horror movie.
The DVD has:
>Directors Commentary
>Making-of and Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
>Theatrical Trailer
>Deleted Scenes
Overall an enjoyable movie which I recommend for fans of horror
This is an above average slasher movie with a reasonably good cast. The only problem I had with this movie was that, with the exception of the first death (which was also the best and the only gory in one in the movie), I hadn't actually heard of any of the "urban legends" before. This didnt't really spoil the movie but I just thought I'd warn people in case you were dissapointed by this.
As well as horror this movie also managed some humour which I usually like in a horror movie.
The DVD has:
>Directors Commentary
>Making-of and Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
>Theatrical Trailer
>Deleted Scenes
Overall an enjoyable movie which I recommend for fans of horror
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
plot
a university film student decides she wants to make a film about a serial killer offing students at university for her final piece.
as production begins and continues various members of her cast and crew start to die in grisly and mysterious ways.
the good
nothing,nada,squat,zip
this film has no redeeming features in any shape or form at all
if i could give this no stars i would
the bad
everything
terrible plot,awful acting,stupid twist about a character you barely even notice through out the film and as such is ridiculous through its complete lack of investment in the story. its alomst as if the writers went "oh dear we have killed everyone else,so who is left who can be the killer? oh yeah that one will do!"
the complete lack of anything un-original or inspiring in this film also serves to annoy the most.
with the killer looking like a cross between scary face from scream and the fisherman from i know what you did last summer,especially when he is chasing the characters through scenes from both of the aforementioned films its just lazy and bordering on plageristic.
in short do yourself a favour and save the money for something,anything else other than this turgid horrible mess of a film.
i hace lost my 90 mins to it,dont left yourself be another victim!
a university film student decides she wants to make a film about a serial killer offing students at university for her final piece.
as production begins and continues various members of her cast and crew start to die in grisly and mysterious ways.
the good
nothing,nada,squat,zip
this film has no redeeming features in any shape or form at all
if i could give this no stars i would
the bad
everything
terrible plot,awful acting,stupid twist about a character you barely even notice through out the film and as such is ridiculous through its complete lack of investment in the story. its alomst as if the writers went "oh dear we have killed everyone else,so who is left who can be the killer? oh yeah that one will do!"
the complete lack of anything un-original or inspiring in this film also serves to annoy the most.
with the killer looking like a cross between scary face from scream and the fisherman from i know what you did last summer,especially when he is chasing the characters through scenes from both of the aforementioned films its just lazy and bordering on plageristic.
in short do yourself a favour and save the money for something,anything else other than this turgid horrible mess of a film.
i hace lost my 90 mins to it,dont left yourself be another victim!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The first urban legend film was good but this is such a letdown compaired to the first film watched once and that was it. But there are some quite original killings.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
AAAAARGHHH
This film is available on Amazon for a penny.Its not worth it.Utter drivel that drags toward a supposed "twist "ending.I didnt see it coming,mainly because Id stopped caring. Read more
Published 22 months ago by G. M. Mullett
Rubbish!
The film is more like a One Tree Hill Halloween special, than a horror. What a waste of time and money!? Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2009 by Anonymous
Urban Legends: Final Cut
The first 'Urban Legend' film was an underrated gem; a kitchen sink n' all cheesy slasher movie that made no sense, just like they used to in the grand olde days of 1981, laced... Read more
Published on 11 April 2008 by Moto Moto
Really, really bad
Yep. It is literally as bad as people on places like IMDb say it is. It looks cheap when the killings happen. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2007 by D. Climo
Pretty good slasher sequel
Urban Legends 2 - Final Cut is about a group of students at a film college who are competing for an award called The Shakespear Award which will pretty much guarantee them a place... Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2007 by marky77
A horror movie within a horror movie
Urban Legends Final Cut is a movie about a movie, basically, and this little twist to the classic horror formula plays out rather well. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2002 by Daniel Jolley
Absolute tripe
The first film was good. It was clever and tense.
This one was a cliche ridden piece of drivel. Read more
This one was a cliche ridden piece of drivel. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2002 by Alun
Its not even so bad its good!!
This is possibly the worst horror film of the last decade. Usually I like bad horror and laugh along at the dubious effects, dodgy dialoge etc.. but this is just TOO bad. Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2001 by ed_the_nutta@yahoo.co.uk
Pathetic film, but as always Columbia manage a good disk.
Ok, if I'm going to compare it to the original, "Urban Legend" was a good film, that had good murders, decent scares and followed a basic formula that horror films need. Read more
Published on 17 April 2001 by cordy.chase@lineone.net
Excellent. Better than the first.
Woderfull, shockingly entertaining flick. I love Urban Legends: Final Cut! It is better than the original movie and the killer is hard to guess this time round. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2001 by Shelley Wake
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