Whenever Bill Paxton looks up at the sky with his scowl, you know some shit is about to go down. He and Helen Hunt absolutely sell this movie. They convince you they are actually fighting against those very dated CGI effects.
I also love that this movie just throws you in the action. Paxton just drives up with his new fiancée looking for a divorce, and then before we know it, we're storm chasing. Shine on, indeed.
Kurt Russell easily slips back into Snake's skin. John Carpenter's political message is a little sharper this time around with the presidential villain being a blatant stand-in for Pat Robertson. The ending hits a lot harder than the original's. We get go watch death basketball! So what goes wrong here? The awful CGI effects really undo all of the things the movie does get right. This was bad even by 90s standards.
I really don't understand a lot of the backlash I've seen against this on Film Twitter. I promise you that your opinion isn't going to swing Oscar voters (remember 2018). I also don't understand why this is routinely compared to Judas and the Black Messiah. They are two different films about two different things. The only connection is that Fred Hampton is a minor character in this one and a lead in the other. If you take a quick glance…
