ah, beloved direct-to-video sequels!

Butterfly Effect 2

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So, I love bad movies, right? And let is also be known that I am a staunch supporter of direct-to-video sequels that feature no stars whatsoever from the original film. This is what I found in Butterfly Effect 2. Except I found no enjoyment in this movie. Well, not really.

So, if you've seen Ashton Kutcher's masterpiece The Butterfly Effect, you know the basis of the story. Guy is messed up and when he looks at pictures, he can move around in time and alter the course of his, and his friends', destiny. Well, this one is exactly the same. A guy loses his girlfriend, and gets some headaches and fucks up everyone's life. He tries to fix them all, and makes an even bigger mess.

Ok, so this movie is bad. Its beyond bad. I can't believe that I watched it, really. It was either this one, or Behind Enemy Lines 2: Axis of Evil. Yeah, that's right. The major problem I had with BE2 is that, where in the first, Kutcher's character jumped all over time, the main character in the sequel only made two jumps through time. It just seemed like not as much happened to this character as did Kutcher's. It was like the writers got bored with the script and half finished it, submitted it, and some goon in a suit was like, 'Yeah, make it. Here's some money. Here's a girl from Smallville. Get it done.'

Now, let it be known that I did not like the original film. It was a little too Donnie Darko -ish for me. But this sequel is so terrible, it made me appreciate the original a little more. For the simple fact that those writers at least wrote an entire story and didn't throw some lame ending into it. And because, as much as I hate him, Mr. Demi Moore wasn't too bad in the role in the original. This one was too choppy and random and just all around shitty.

This movie will not hamper my spirits for direct-to-video sequels. I still love all of the Darkman sequels. I almost like all of them more than the original. I still think its a good idea to make direct-to-video sequels. Except Hellraiser sequels. Damn those Hellraiser sequels!! The funniest thing about this movie is that I hope they make another. Because someone, somewhere needs some cash, and will once more run to the well with this brutal premise and drag out some second-bit actors to star in the third movie.

Come to think of it, I need to get paid. Maybe I'll start working on Butterfly Effect 3. Starring Wilmer Valderrama as a guy with the "headaches" and Britney Spears as the girl he keeps going into the past to put underwear on, but no matter what he does, babies keep falling out. Gold!