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Madea, Bam, and Hattie venture to a haunted campground and the group must literally run for their lives when monsters, goblins, and the boogeyman are unleashed.
Starring: Tyler Perry, Brock O’Hurn, Lexy Panterra, Patrice Lovely, Diamond WhiteComedy | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
UV digital copy
DVD copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (locked)
Movie | 1.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 1.0 |
The last time I checked, I’m almost positive Halloween was scheduled for the end of October, but the seemingly unstoppable Tyler Perry has evidently decided that becoming a one man filmmaking industry isn't enough for him, and that rearranging the calendar might offer a more challenging prospect. Perry must have concluded that the holiday should be better celebrated in the early months of the year, at least as evidenced by first the January 2017 release of Boo! A Madea Halloween and now the January 2018 release of this largely lamentable follow up. Regular readers of my reviews know that Mr. Perry has been something like the bane of my critic’s existence for several years, something that is only all the more annoying because it’s obvious that this so-called “multi hyphenate” is inordinately talented in any number of ways. (And for those who may have come to the conclusion that I am just preternaturally prone to being negative about Perry’s cinematic output, I’d refer you to my For Colored Girls Blu-ray review.) The first Boo! A Madea Halloween ended up being something of a shaggy dog (and/or ghost) story, and unfortunately Perry returns to the same well again for this sequel, something he seems increasingly incapable of avoiding. Any Perry fan is going to know where this film is going from the get go, and as seems to be the case with Perry’s following, they probably won’t care one whit that they’ve seen this all before in various guises, either in other Perry films or other offerings that this particular outing is supposedly meant to be skewering.
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Lionsgate Films with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.85:1. While this transfer offers generally fine detail levels, it's hampered by the fact that the bulk of the story plays out at nighttime, where fine detail levels at least occasionally falter and noise creeps into the image at times. In the brightly lit moments, typically bookends like the film's first half hour and then an extended sequence at a police station at the end, offer a nicely saturated palette and much better fine detail levels than the longer middle section. Shadow detail is pretty variable throughout, and a couple of the supposed "scares" (which really aren't all that scary) tend not to have much impact, or at least as much as may have been intended, since the imagery is so murky and ill defined. I have to say from a production design standpoint, this film is actually kind of shockingly shoddy, considering the fact that Perry almost always has nicely appointed sets and costumes.
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween features a decent sounding DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix, but this film perhaps surprisingly isn't stuffed to the gills with source cues like a lot of other Perry offerings. Instead, surround activity tends to come almost exclusively from the raucous sounds of the party as well as some of the sonic mayhem caused by the assailants with those buzzing chainsaws. Dialogue is rendered clearly and cleanly and fidelity is fine throughout.
The more observant reader will note that I gave the first Boo! 1.5 stars and have demoted this follow up down to 1.0, which means if this trend continues, we only have two more Boo! films to get through before I run out of stars and don't have to review them anymore. Yes, that's a joke, and you know what? To me, anyway, it's funnier than almost everything in this pretty lamentable enterprise. Video is a little spotty, but audio is fine, for those considering a purchase.
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