Well folks this road is coming close to its end.
Scary Movie 4 is a parody film, the fourth film in the franchise, and spoofs movies such as Saw, The Village, The Grudge, War of the Worlds (2005), Brokeback Mountain, and Million Dollar Baby. Production was done by Brad Grey Pictures with Dimension Films being the distributor. Craig Mazin and Pat Proft returned to write the screenplay along with Jim Abrahams. Another returning name is David Zucker who once again directs.
The story is, aliens have come to invaded Earth to wipe out humanity. Cindy Campbell learns that the death of a young boy and the invasion are somehow connected. She needs to quickly put the pieces together and put a stop to all of the madness.
- Negatives
I've got nothing.
- Mix
Before I get into my thoughts I want to say this. Some of these I'm gonna keep brief because there things I've said many times before with this film series. One of those being the humor. Now for the most part I was absolutely laughing. Despite being the fourth movie there are still plenty of jokes, lines, and gags that are really funny. I was laughing my ass with the President and the scene with the kids and how every time he was talking to them he made their panic even more. That was a great scene. But then you get some slap stick with people hitting things or getting hit by objects that can be funny but sometimes those moments did get tiring.
- Positives
One new praise I'll give is how this movie looks. Out of all of the Scary Movies I've reviewed so far this one is the most polished, and yes I know Scary Movie (2026) will beat this one I'm just saying as far as the old movies go this was has the best production. Sometimes the shots almost match the shots from the movie the filmmakers are making fun of. And I say almost cause this movie was still working with a budget. But regardless Scary Movie 4 has pretty good look to it.
Alright now we head to some familiar territory starting with the pacing. Much like the previous three films Scary Movie 4 doesn't over stay its welcome. Scenes go along perfectly without feeling like they're wasting anybody's time.
The last thing I'll quickly praise is once again Anna Faris. Much like she's done before, Faris does amazing at the material. And this time around she's playing off her old co-star Regina Hall returning as Brenda. Who also has some great hilarious moments, which makes me all the more happy she came back for this and was given a much bigger role than she had in the previous film.
So yeah. Scary Movie 4 is worth checking out. Which is a sigh of relief because this was around the time when parody movies were losing steam.
My final rating is, Okay.
Well that's gonna do it. All that's left now is Scary Movie 5. But before that come back on Wednesday, yes, Wednesday, May 13th, for my review of the Marvel TV special, The Punisher: One Last Kill. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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