All these cameras and no mention of sexting? And you call yourself a demon.
What does it say about this franchise that after really enjoying the original entry in the franchise, I arrive at this fourth entry only with the expectation that the film?s lead, Kathryn Newton, would be beautiful. Before heading to watch this, I caught up with the second installment, which was a good thing as it is the one whose plot sets the stage for this one, with a touch of the third (from the same directing pair) thrown in. The second film was dreadful, the third of some interest but derailed by a bad ending; what surprised me here is how the film won me back to some degree.PA4 is a film that rarely succeeds as a horror film but is salvaged by the charismatic Alex (Newton) and her boyfriend Ben (Matt Shively) who make the first half of the film fun. Through their teenaged eyes, the film takes a technological leap to laptop, iPhone and Xbox cameras. We really are surrounded by cameras these days (well, those in the posh neighborhoods of the PA series anyway) so it feels less arbitrary than the cameras of the previous entries. I don?t know if the film?s logic about the XBox motion sensing thing is accurate, but how it is used is plausible enough.
Unfortunately, like the third film, this takes a nosedive into the end. Though we see through the cameras set up, Alex and Ben casually neglect to watch the footage and thus get insufficiently concerned about the events around them. And even though I?ve watched all the films, the series? demonic logic baffles me. I don?t know exactly why these things are happening, who is gaining from them or who is being punished. The story is set up in a way to indicate that it isn?t just random, so I want more of the motivation. Without that, it is just things happening for the hell of it and it ultimately ruins the stakes, even as you care about the characters.
Curiously, some interesting scenes from the trailer were not included, perhaps a positive trend in trailers to avoid spoilers. Either way, this exceeded my expectations, but that doesn?t count for much any more.
2.5/5
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Source: http://moviereviewwarehouse.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/paranormal-activity-4-2012/
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