Andrés Muschietti’s offering is jammed packed with imaginative images and he throw everything but the kitchen sink in. This hampers the follow up to the emotional friendship driven first.
Chapter Two is too self aware with too many pop culture references that take you out of the moment, many are 1980s which appear off for the 2019 setting. Muschietti and
Gary Dauberman’s screenplay delivers fr a spider head homage to The Thing complete with the classic, "you've got to be fucking kidding,” line to The Shining, “Here’s Johnny,” quote. Visual horror nods including a timber-truss bridge and Exorcist-like movements. There’s even practical effect Creepshow like ghouls, Twilight Zone monsters, one liners and the CGI heavy scares. Bill Skarsgård is again disturbingly effective but is at times lost amongst the overstuffed monster effects.
The child cast have chemistry and are once again the glue Their talented adult counterpart cast are fine and include Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, memorable Bill Hader and best of the bunch is Isaiah Mustafa
who is particularly notably encompassing his younger character if not the heart of all the players more successfully. There’s a nice cameo from Stephen King. Nevertheless, IT Chapter Two is shoehorned with gags, some moments are almost parody which takes you out of the moment diluting series of scares littered throughout.
The production design is outstanding, Muschietti is at the top of his game, it’s well-made, visually fantastically, epic in scale, with wonderful staged setups and a handful of effective jump scares. But it feels slightly lost and not as punctual as it’s predecessor.
Overall, the first built a beautiful stage but Chapter Two pulls the carpet from under its own feet.
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