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Editorial Review:
The best stuff in this ridiculously conceived sequel to Brian De Palma's groundbreaking '70s classic are the occasional, too-brief flashbacks to De Palma's groundbreaking '70s classic. They occur in the mind of Sue Snell (Amy Irving, shamelessly reprising her role), the only main character left alive during Carrie's prom revenge freakout. After a brief stint in an insane asylum, Snell is now a therapist at a suburban high school and is currently counseling Rachel Lang (Emily Bergl). Rachel isn't like other girls. When Rachel gets really mad, she moves things with her mind. Rachel's been really mad lately, because her best friend jumped from a rooftop in the first 10 minutes of this movie. Even though there's absolutely no development of this relationship, don't doubt it: we know they're best friends because they have matching tattoos. Rachel's friend lost it because she was the latest victim in a fun game that members of the football team play off the field in which they keep a running count of how many girls they can seduce, using a rating scale based on appearance. Of course, there's a nice one, Jesse (Jason London), who feels guilty about playing the game and falls for Carrie, er, Rachel. Everything appears to be changing for Rachel, but Jesse's friends have other plans. Snell knows what's up, however, and it's pretty funny watching her explain it to Rachel: "I've been through this movie before" is essentially what she says, but Rachel doesn't want to hear that she's not an original character, that she's a cheap, slightly hardened and revised '90s rip-off with no autonomy. It makes Rachel want to move things with her mind. --Dave McCoy

The Rage: Carrie 2 [Region 2] Reviews:
Love this movie...why the hate?
2009-05-18 - I really liked this movie, I made no attempt to compare it to the original Carrie or the remake. If you put all that aside you have a more modern teenage...highschool revenge story which was done really well. The effects at the end were well done and the cast I thought was well chosen. Don't overthink it...just enjoy...

No Good
2009-03-07 - The Rage: Carrie 2 could have been something REALLY special...but, it fell completely flat for me. I actually saw this my junior year of high school and that is the only reason I am giving it 2 stars...for the mere fact that it brings back memories of good times, hanging out with friends and enjoying a cheesy flick together. However, seeing this movie was almost painful for me. I was SUCH a fan of Carrie when I was younger. It was such an interesting way to approach an outcast, taunted girl who happens to have telekentic powers. In the original, Carrie was a completely sympathetic character. She was a meek, abused, shy girl who was visibly terrified of people. You instantly felt sorry for her and in that final prom scene, you may have even rooted as she went on her revenge-based massacre, essentially wiping out her whole senior class.

In The Rage, the new Carrie is a character named Rachel, who *gasp!* has the same father as the original Carrie and has also inherited telekinetic abilities. Rachel is also an outcast and somewhat friendless character. She's actually a lot DIFFERENT then Carrie though. She is gutsy and brazzen. She speaks her mind and has a dark sense of humor. She is FAR more broody and unlikeable then Carrie was. Of course, as a viewer, you find yourself rooting for Rachel as the movie moves on...You don't want the jocks and mean kids tormenting her.

The main issue for me, was the finale. I wish there had been more carnage. Not to sound like a gore-freak and not to insinuate that there is no gore in this film-there are some gross moments...but, I wanted Rachel to have a little more kill-time in her final moments. Carrie's ending was great...but Rachel's was SO-SO. Another big nuisance with this movie were the random black and white moments. I mean, come on...everytime Rachel had a telekenetic moment or things got hectic the film would snap in and out of black and white film. Kind of amateur if you ask me.

Also, I have to agree with other reviewers who complained about Amy Irving's character being plunged back into this world only to be brutally knocked off for no apparent reason. She was such a monumental part of Carrie and it was almost insulting to throw her in this and have her impaled viciously when she was just a good woman, trying to save a troubled girl. I think they were just trying to pay homage to the original Carrie, where her friendly Coach is killed by the bleachers. Not really sure....it just didn't work for me and made me angry that they decided to knock off the Sue Snell character.

Overall, not really the best movie. Worth a peek if you have seen the original Carrie, but otherwise, stay away!!

Not the best but it was okay
2007-10-19 - I recently bought this movie and saw that most of it's setting was at a high school and high school kids. Not that that's bad but this did make it get uninteresting in some areas but towards the end was a freaky/scary ending where the main character unleashes her telekinetic powers at a party where they were lots of high school kids around that aparked her rage. I've heard from a lot of people that Carrie part 1 is good but I saw it and it was in a 1970s or 80s setting which I didn't like so I wouldn't recommend Carrie part 1.

It's better if...
2007-08-10 - You look at this as it's own movie. As it's been said several times here. The plot is the same, give or take a few ingredients. However, I found that looking at this incredibly cheesy attempt at a sequel as it's own separate movie from the original, and it wasn't so bad. The characters were strong, and of course the plot made sense. And while it may have been a complete ripoff of the "Teen Slasher" flicks from this point in time, and the original, it had some interesting points as well, and definitely some interesting ways to kill someone off.

-Jen

Where are your dirty pillows?
2007-06-19 - I guess the biggest surprise about this is the fact that it took so long before a sequel was made. Since Carrie came out in the 70s, it was common practice in those days to strike while the iron was hot and make a sequel as soon as possible. It didn't matter how cheesy or poor it was, as long as they kept name recognition in the audiences is what they thought brought in capital. Maybe it did in video rental later, which is the only hope this movie had to be seen. It made a statement, but it had been said before with Carrie.

Carrie and her old high school have long since been dead and burried; but, curiously enough, Sue Snell is still around (played once again by Amy Irving) in the new high school's guidance office. Here we have a new generation and new student body population. So many things change, but just as many things stay the same. It starts off shocking, when a girl jumps off the roof of the building, committing suicide. The note she left indicated a terrible story. It seems that the football team, in man's never ending virility quest, played a horrible prank on her. As a hazing incident, a member of the team wined and dined her into parting with her virginity. When he did so, he dropped her like a hot potato, added another notch onto his belt, and got a pat on the back from his fellow teammates. And, being that she (we assume) was the innocent, feels horrified, embarrassed and ashamed that she was taken advantage of, she ended it. From there, the story goes right into everything Carrie already said.

Rachel is the outcast, but she doesn't seem as helpless and nervous as her predecesor was, so we like rather than pity her. It so happens that she is the half sister of Carrie (they had the same father), and, surprise surprise, she inherrited the telekinetic powers. She too will fall prey to football team's 10,000 Virgins Or Bust plot, but it just happens to be with the one nice guy who says he loves her when it's too late. Under scenes of extreme stress she uses it. Instead of the prom, she distroys everyone at a huge party.

It did make me think, for an instant, about what things were like way back when. Were we much more innocent back when Carrie was made? If there were things like the football team's groupie mentality, I didn't know about them. I'm sure kids were having just as much sex as they are now, but were these contests going on? Maybe so. In any case, if there's nothing else on have fun with this, but don't be surprised if you find it dull and listless.