The Doll 2

Negative: Awful movie, don't know whats inside the director mind. Out of the bat tons of exposition dialog shove into viewer throat. Poor dialog delivery by most actor & actress. The writers don't know how logic and simple physic works especially how doors works. Cheap jump scares without build-up and suspense. Very dumb, idiotic and take them-self too seriously.

Positive: Luna Maya acting was good. Most of the camera works when they a serve purpose with intention is good.

Right, well, while I wasn't familiar with the 2016 movie "The Doll" from director Rocky Soraya, I still opted to sit down and watch the 2017 sequel "The Doll 2", also from director Rocky Soraya, without having seen the first movie. Why? Well, solely because I enjoy horror movies and Asian cinema. And with "The Doll 2" being an Indonesian movie that I had neither seen nor heard about, of course I had to check it out.

I have no idea whether or not the storyline in "The Doll 2" is connected to the storyline in the 2016 first movie. But it felt like a stand-alone movie, and I didn't really feel that I was missing out on understanding anything by not having watched the first movie. The storyline in "The Doll 2" is nicely written by writers Riheam Junianti, Rocky Soraya and Fajar Umbara, though I have to say that you have no chance of guessing the outcome of the storyline, as there are no hints given as to what was the cause of the haunting. And the movie does take a drastic turn once it becomes revealed, not to mention a lot more bloody and violent as well, which I definitely enjoyed.

Of the entire cast ensemble, I was only familiar with leading actress Luna Maya. The acting performances in the movie were good and helped bring the characters to life in a believable manner.

Visually then the movie was good. I liked the special effects in the movie.

"The Doll 2" was actually better than I had anticipated it would be. Let's be honest, the concept of scary dolls have been used so much that it is wearing thin already, but director Rocky Soraya actually pulled this one off nicely.

If you enjoy Asian horror movies, then "The Doll 2" is well-worth checking out. I was adequately and genuinely entertained throughout the course of the 117 minutes that the movie ran for.

My rating of "The Doll 2" lands on a six out of ten stars.

They recycled a lot of things from the first movie, as all sequels do. But the history here is more cohesive, although still there's a lot of scenes just to pad out and make the film longer. All in all, I found it better than the original and a good option to whom wants some chills and scares.

The second of The Doll trilogy (And the last for me to watch, my bad) this Indonesian horror is pretty much exactly the same movie as the other two and that is no exaggeration.

Another ghost, another doll, another twist, though make no mistake these films aren't killer doll movies at all and are closer to the possession horror sub-genre.

The third is certainly the best but all of them are watchable, just unshocking and rather generic stuff. Thankfully consistency, continuity and a recurring cast go a long way in helping the franchises credibility.

Some things defy belief though (And I'm not referring to the supernatural element) for example the houses our protagonists live in are near mansions. This is Indonesia, there is a very wide gap between the haves and have nots and based on what these people do for a living they'd not be living in such luxury. These houses are the type the wealthy in the west would struggle to afford!

Anyway I digress, the entire franchise is passable enough but once you've seen one you've truly seen them all.

The Good:

Follows on from part 1 well

Franchise has a competent cast

The Bad:

A few absurdities

More of the same

The Doll 2 is a hardly passable derivative horror film. Frankly, I don't think my friends and I were scared at all when we were watching it. The team behind this has a lot to work on and the first thing they should start with is their audio. One doesn't simply keep everything loud all the time and exclude ambient sound for re-recording.