 What is going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overlord here So this will be the spoiler review for screen 5 screen 2022 whatever you want to call it Once again, it's come to us from 2 3rds of radio silence Matt Benelli open Tyler Gillette pinned by James Vanderbilt guy music bringing back all of the returning og characters or og stars Neve Campbell David Arquette Courtney Cox along with the new crop of Woodsboro victims for Ghostface to have fun within this new entry So again taking place 25 years after the events of the original was bro murders Another person has decided to don the Ghostface mask in an effort to attempt to uncover and bring to light seekers They were thought to be buried deep within the town's past going on from that We have a new Sydney Or someone who is going to be filling that filling that role I would say so Melissa Barrera stars as Sam Carpeter Who has a very troubled past. She is Basically lured back to Woodsboro by the start of this new Ghostface killing spree That's basically targeting her the same way you found out how Sydney Prescott was dealing with trauma related to her mother a year prior to the new Woodsboro killings happening in the original film Where we learned her mother died and of course there was an ongoing trial regarding who she thought it killed her mother With this one you find out that Sam is the daughter of Billy Loomis You find that out very early on the way it's woven into the movie and the way they just let it flow and play out They don't try to be overly dramatic with it or anything They kind of just drop the bomb on you very early on you do find out how Sam found out about this revelation At one point or another when she was a kid She found out reading through her mother's old diaries and found out that her mother had a thing for this guy Of course, this tells us that Billy cheated on Sydney and this had to have happened either during the killings themselves in 96 Or maybe even shortly prior to them actually taking place so What I would say is that whole entire thing is the way again, it's done and executed is very It doesn't feel shoehorned again because of how they do it It feels organic it feels like it flows well into the events that unfold and It again acts as the Marine Prescott subplot the new Marine Prescott subplot where you now have Ghostface Taunting and using that against Sam throughout the movie This allows her to have some very emotional moments with general or take a character general or take his character Tara Carpenter who is her younger sister there's also some tension that you will see between Sam and Some of Tara's friends most I think most specifically I what I want to say is I'm referring to Amber who's played by Mikey Madison She seems to have some type of grudge against against Sam I don't think they ever really actually touch on What it is other than maybe her just not Liking the fact that she left Tara because Sam left town once she turned 18 and left left Tara behind with their mother Christina And in fact when she found out about their father that she wasn't actually their father's child and the actual child of Billy Loomis The dad heard from Sam yelling at the mother and that's what caused the dad to leave So the way Ghostface is using this against her is what they're trying to do is frame Sam for these new Woodsboro killings In an effort to spawn that the true stab sequel that they think they are owed So that is the motive that you have in screen 5, which I think is very timely It speaks to a lot of things regarding toxic fandom and a lot of ways because you you come across them online I'm sure you do a lot of us who are on Twitter in the screen community We know of one particular individual who is like this where they're just Targeting the cast and very nasty tweets and just you know This is basically like that, but very exacerbated now You're you're going very overboard you feel so entitled to a specific movie that you're out killing people in hopes that you will finally get that Very sick and twisted and but also very timely speaking to a lot of things regarding entitlement within fandom today And just how people they don't know how to separate art from artists a lot of time And they get too personal when it comes to things that they don't like a certain IP that they were a fandom of doing so in regards to the killers Sam of course has a boyfriend much like silly did who is portrayed by Jack Quaid Ritchie and he is indeed one of the killers He lies his ass off saying he doesn't know anything about the stab movies you find out. That's a lie the way James and a guy Built these new characters up the way that Mindy in specific is done again She's like the mouthpiece of most of the not most but some of the audience members who like to piece together the movie before You watch it. You get a chance to get a feel of how they're all Having this great chemistry amongst them when they're playing with each other one scene in particular Again, this is what Mindy is when she's down in the basement with Mikey Madison's character of Amber And they're just playing off of each other so well about rules of surviving and just what to do and what not to do The way all of that is done in past is probably some of the best pacing at times in the movie because again When they get to the final act it is a bit rushed Matt and Tyler do a tremendous job again at building tension and just delivering a lot of scares laughs humor and heartbreak You're gonna be crying Dewey Riley is the person that Sam goes to for assistance in this before Gail and Dewey get involved He ends up getting involved out of after having a phone call with Sydney who is again portrayed brilliantly by Neve Campbell and He just feels compelled to defend his town again, even though he's not sheriff He ends up getting himself killed because he wants to play Respects and play it smartly in relation to the events or the rules to survive a horror movie Insisting that he needs to finish off Ghostface by shooting them in the head This ends up getting him killed and that's what prompts Sydney to come back and Gail ends up getting involved And they are both there in the nick of things for the in the thick of things for the final act The chemistry between Cox and Campbell in this film I would say is on another level and the way they are just you know that that that death of Dewey While I don't think they spend enough time letting them process it this adds a a cushion underneath that bond now they are very much so much more tightly bond over that death and The way they come together and get justice for Dewey in the end with the other partner from Richie's partner Amber because she's the one who killed Richie They essentially take her out and we see it in the trailer. It's just gonna be a very satisfying moment There's a lot of that and that end of a sub now that I see what they're talking about the way that's done that whole effect Was just breathtaking to see they did a great job doing that Brian Tyler score again adds a lot of emotional weight to To a lot of moments more specifically now Dewey's death very gut-wrenching at times I was like that didn't just happen But then as the movie is progressing and Gail even has a line at the end where she says she thinks she's gonna Write a book about the man who used to be a sheriff of the town It just hits you because do you even though he was a very I guess the most expendable That lovable goof side of him is how he ends up dying and you gotta love how he goes out He goes out in true Dewey fashion But it just makes the the style or the use of the trio in this one that much more powerful and emotional for long-time fans of the Franchise because the two-thirds that are now remaining their bond is rendered so much more tight And you also get a good final girl now with Sam Carpenter to carry us into the future of the franchise Again a lot of witty dialogue and a lot of dialogue that's self-referential and very much meta and referencing modern horror Again, I'm still gonna give this movie a seven and a half out of ten Also with the knowledge of knowing that Sam is Billy's daughter when you go back and rewatch scream You have to kind of acknowledge that some of that dialogue in the original film is now foreshadowing for the events that unfold in screen 5 the events that unfold in this new chapter From Guy Busek and James Vanderbilt. They have essentially turned so much dialogue from the original movie Into foreshadowing for things that happen in this latest entry and I think that was another clever little thing That was intentionally done on their end the kills in the movie again I'm not gonna say they're very memorable. You get a lot of brutal ones the most brutal I would say was indeed Judy Hicks outside of her front yard that caught me off guard I would say there's a lot of callbacks to the third movie for sure with that sequence where she's running back to her house or driving back to her house to save West Hicks from his inevitable death, but The thing about it is the way it's done I'm so caught up in the moment in the way that they have you on the edge of your seat hoping that this mother can of course save her son She basically is killed. So she goes face catches her off guard and it just I knew it was coming I knew she would die in her front yard because of the TV spots but it's just like I wasn't expecting it to go down and it's the way they still filmed it that caught me off guard and it was just very brutal the fact that he did that in broad daylight and The other thing that I want to say is just that this is the first time We've had a pairing of killers who were on the same page all the way through They did not turn on each other You have a lot of franchise first for this new entry that I don't think a lot of you should overlook You may not like the fact that Sam is Billy's daughter, but again the way that it's done It's not done in a way that feels shoehorn in the reason it does not feel shoehorn is again How they decide to treat it they don't decide to prolong it For to be something you learn in the end of the movie This is something that you already know the killer already knows it all you're waiting to now know is What does this killer want to do with this knowledge and you find out again? It's related to them wanting to get the true stab sequel that they think they are deserved Because they have a disdain for all the other sequels that have come before since the original stab I can guess that's the only one that they love the other thing that I want you all to probably acknowledge and think About is the fact that you now have a trilogy that can be deemed the Billy Loomis trilogy or just the Loomis trilogy You have screamed with Billy Loomis. You have screamed to Mrs. Loomis Debbie salt and now you have screamed three the daughter and Grandchild of those two who is nothing like them. She is your new final girl They're doing a lot of flipping on the head of other core Cliche's and other things that they've already done before in the franchise such as the fact that you already had a secret child with Roman Bridger, but Roman was the villain Sam is not the villain There's just so many things that are being flipped on their head to allow this to still remain fresh The motive is probably the freshest it's ever been since Mickey and scream to as far as like the fact that it's amber and richie They are just completely insane and while you may think that amber and richie were predictable And that's who you pulled the way it's all still executed makes for a fun ride You were going to have a good time watching this movie. There's the humor is there It's not ill timed the humor just flows with everything else on your screen Nothing feels like a cue for laughter the humor and the laughs just come very naturally The thing that I loved the most during the final act was just all the insanity going on But I wish they would have let certain parts of it breathe because it was kind of just speeding through it felt like it We're trying to rush through because they knew the credits were coming up But maybe there's some extended cut out there that we'll get to see because you have a group a group of survivors That are going to carry us into an interesting direction I would say they take enough risk to give you a group of heritage that you'll want to see carry the mantle into the future so you have Mindy Chad And no you have Mindy Chad Sydney and Gale and then you have Jen or take us character of Tara Carpenter and then Sam Carpenter in Melissa Barrera So you have like six people there of Mindy Chad Sydney and Gale and then Yeah, Tara and Sam so you have like a group of six survivors. There's some other people that survived They weren't that important so I'm not gonna count them But yeah, the motive this time around again was the most freshest out of the bunch In terms of just how they recreated the whole maca house I thought that was great the look of the film and the serious more darker serious tone that they go for works a lot For me personally because I felt that the tone was uneven at times with scream for feeling a little too hokey Brian Tyler again, he does a great job at trying to recreate some of those famous and notable Pieces from Marco Beltrami such as Sidney's Sidney's Lambit You hear that at times in the film and you also get to hear the red right hand song again That's back in full effect a lot of the characters. Yes, are just here for the sake of being killed But you're gonna have a good time with this movie I enjoyed it the look of the film and the more serious dark Tony was going for I thought it was a good fit You know, this isn't a direct aid You know, this isn't a film being directed by West Craven because they have a very unique style to them And what I like is this effect that they were doing their own thing while paying respect to what came before and that's all they needed to do They didn't need to try to be Like West in any way, but they they did it in in a very solid way when they were trying to do it The first shot of the movie even in with the house That's the carburetor house where Gino or take his character Tara is waiting inside to start having that Brilliantly done back and forth with Roger L. Jackson who was in his bag again in this movie over the phone That first little shot does a great job at establishing a lot of mood and atmosphere I would say for what is about to unfold in that house The way they use a lot of the background environment to kind of make use the viewer pay attention to those things and just build Constantly doing good things to build up tension. There's at one point even in the part where West dies Where they are just like they're playing with you. They're having fun playing with you You know, it's coming, but you're on the edge of your seat just waiting for it to finally happen They do a great job of just towing with with the fans This is a movie again from fans for the fans and they understood what the f they were doing I have to say that the other thing I want to talk about of course is Melissa We're because I've seen that a lot of people yes or praising general or take a jasmine support brown Everyone as far as performances is solid overall I would say it's not it's not completely consistent with good performances There are some things where I'm like, oh, you could have done that better You could have delivered that better or you could have just done better overall in general so like Melissa I would say she's consistently just giving a solid performance and a very new side of what we can expect to see in a final girl So Sydney again was very much some someone that we would consider like the girl next door Sam has a much more darker edgier side to her that isn't fully uncovered in this one You'll get to see that play out more Hopefully if we get more entries and hopefully we get to learn some more about her criminal past because she does have that as well But Melissa Borreira she manages to evoke a lot of emotions her and general or take a do have great chemistry when they're sharing the scene Together it's nice to see that sisterly bond form between them as the movie is progressing And they just kill it. They kill it. Everybody is hitting it from all cylinders It's just not all it's just that the performances are not consistently good There are some parts I'm like, oh, that was a bad thing to do or you just weren't that good at that point but everyone overall is in their bag they're hitting it and Some of my favorite performances did indeed come from just another side note from Sonya Mar who played live McKenzie She unfortunately does not make it out of the movie She is like the first person to die during the final act before Amber and Richie start unfolding and trying to make their plan complete What I do love is how if you go back and rewatch the movie there are a lot of cleverly placed Easter eggs for you and surprises and Cameos such a skeet all rich Since he's back as Billy Loomis and Sam has hallucinations of him there's a lot of clearly placed things that are in this movie and the other thing that They do so good is with how they have Sam hallucinating about Billy and with the de-aging of of skeet You can tell his CGI that at this stage in the game, you know the times are in I'm not gonna say it was a bad job. He looks he he looked great He looked he looked like how he did in 96 as close as you can possibly make him look so I like that and the the fallacies for me in terms of the writing just comes on of course hospital staff Just some writing mishaps And but the the the pros come from the fact that you give us characters who do have their own little traits about them They make them stand out in ways Not everyone is developed enough to the point where you'll care about their survival or not I've already said that in my spoiler free review. I believe Uh, they do a great job at giving you things to pinpoint on when you rewatch the movie for instance Then also, there's a cleverly placed easter egg that I will say for people who want to know if Kirby Reed is alive There's a moment when Richie is on his computer And in his video recommendations on the right you see a video title come up that says interview with survivor Kirby Reed which is definitely one of my favorite easter eggs from the film among other things So Kirby is indeed alive Hayden wasn't back But maybe she'll be back for future entries at this point because at night Now we at least know that radio silence are indeed very big fans of that character because they recently revealed this on the podcast With that ryan recently did who runs the screen podcast shout out to you So hopefully she'll be able to come back and mix it up again with ghostface and these new group of characters that we have Because I think Kirby would have a very good very good amount of scenes with uh Jasmine's character Mindy who is also a big horror nerd and she's just she's gonna she's gonna be one of the most Lovable characters out of the new group of kids. Uh, this new group of survivors is the most diverse honestly it is But let me know what you guys think about this down in the comment section below If you haven't already, of course, make sure you subscribe turn on postification You never miss a video in the description. I have links from my social media accounts on my facebook twitter and instagram You can message me there, of course, let me know is any movies news or views you'd like me to cover in the future And with all that in mind guys, I will see you in the next video