Plot: A direct sequel to the 1974 original which ended with a girl escaping leatherface. Now it is revealed that she told the cops (who wouldnt?) and this leads to an angry mob burning down the sawyer family house, however there are 2 survivors, a young girl who gets put up for adoption and the worst member of the family - Jed Sawyer A.K.A Leatherface.
Cut to, years later and the girl (Heather) is now a (hot) grown woman who is informed that her grandmother (someone she never knew existed) has passed away and Heather has subsequently inherited a mansion in Texas. This leads to Heather and her friends roadtripping to this mansion with no cue whatsoever that a 6'5' maniac who likes to stitch peoples face onto his own resides in the basement, oh and he wields a chainsaw!
Ok so plot sounds good and different which only makes you think this movie will not be cliche at all and will top all other remakes...It doesnt!! With so much potential this movie doesnt fulfill anything that could be unique and this is one of the reasons why critics hated it.
For example, there's a scene where Heather is being chased by Leatherface and she runs to a carnival (smart move) but instead of hiding or mixing with crowds she decided to hang onto one of the seats in a ferris wheel as it goes up but this makes her efforts pathetic as Leatehrface is waiting at the bottom with his favorite weapon - that chainsaw.
Pros:
- Storyline - girl goes to inherit mansion but finds herself in a struggle to survive
- Inclusion of Trey Songz - now him being cast in this meant thousands more people would be going to see this just because of him and also meant more ticket sales. However his casting had soooo much potential which they didnt even work on! The idea was to make sure he didnt die first but (SPOILER ALERT) that kinda goes to waste if he gets killed in the first 30 - 40 mins. Oh and he doesnt even come face to face with Leatherface, instead he dies in a car accident by going out the windshield which was a major disappointment especially since his character was made to be seen as a tough guy who could throw in a few jabs before facing the saw.
- Alexandra Daddario - She was simply amazing as the main character and displayed many emotions in a great way. Her character goes from happy sad happy curious happy angry scared confused majorly pissed off symapathetic.
- Good twists toward the end
- There is a scene where a cop is lookign around Leatherface's lair whilst facetiming the mayor and sheriff and this whole scene was well made and keeps you on edge.
Cons:
- Kills!! The death scenes were so poorly choreographed and displayed that it didnt even feel as if this movie was a horror film. Leatherface only kills 1 person with the chainsaw.
- Character development - simply because other than the mayor they didnt stick around long enough!
- 3D was completely pointless! If anything it was done to make you spend more money
- TIMELINE - this is oneof the most confusing aspects of this movie. The original was made in 1974 and this movie opens with the end of the original in which Heather is adopted and then it cuts to the present 2012 which would make Heather around 38 but she looks 20?! So i came to the conclusion that either they made it as if the original was made in the 1980's or then they completed screwed up the timeline!
- How did the sheriff get reception in a basement?
I would give this movie 5 or 6/10 simply because they didnt elaborate on the potentially awesomness this could have been. The 3d was pointless, some cast members were good (songz, daddario, eastwood, yeager). The ending had a great but odd twist and sets the way for 2 or 3 sequels which IF developed well can revive the texas chainsaw massacre as right now it seems to be dead and buried thanks to this remake despite it being slightly better than texas chainsaw: the begininng
Cast:
Alexandra Daddario
Dan Yeager
Tremaine 'Trey Songz' Neverson
Tania Raymonde
Scott Eastwood
Shaun Sipos
Rated R (18)
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