IT Chapter 2 (2019) Review
IT Chapter 2 takes us 27 years after the first film ended where the now-adult Losers club reunite in Derry, Maine end to IT's reign of terror. I've found the first IT from 2017 decent and a cool. new take on the classic Stephen King novel by placing it in the 80s. It had really good performances from the kid actors and one entertainingly, sinister rendition of Pennywise the Dancing Clown by Bill Skarsgard. So I was looking forward to the sequel based on how it looked from the trailers in that it would seemingly double the scares and the balloons, too. Firstly, some of the adult cast members I thought were perfect fits for their young counterparts. The best examples include James Ransone as Eddie, Isiah Mustafa as Mike, and Bill Hader as Richie who was the standout out of them all. The others ranged from ok to eh, with Jessica Chastain in the latter. As for Bill Skarsgard, he was still enjoyably creepy as Pennywise and owned every scene he was in. For those Stephen King ...