I’ll start off by saying that I usually love the Wayans Brothers and that I dug the original "Scary Movie" big-time! I’ll also go on record to say that the opening “Exorcist” spoof in this sequel starring the way kool “James Woods” is hilarious and fooled me into thinking that I was in for a side-splitting hour and a half. I was wrong…dead wrong.

The rest of "Scary Movie 2" is flatter than a blow-up doll after being used and abused. What happened here, guys? Did the studio pull the machete out on this one in the editing room? Did you do it just for the bread? Did Keenan really direct it? I don’t fucking get it! What we have here is a dull patch job of “parody clips” that sometimes made me smile but most of the time, had me staring at the screen stone faced. Where was the energy? The pace of the film is so off! The cohesive storyline? Yes, even in a parody you need one! The comic timing? Why stretch jokes that are just not funny? For example, the bird was funny once…ONCE! The amusing characters? Case in point: what the fuck was talent-challenged Tori Spelling doing in here? What’s going on, dudes???

Sure, the gross out element is there. Chris Elliott (Hansen) is just plain disgusting as the ugly freak with the warped hand. We also get another huge sperm spray and a giant black dick choking some poor clown. But does that mean that it's funny? It wasn’t to me. The film parodies "The Haunting", "What Lies Beneath", "Poltergeist 2" and other genre films but the gags that stuck out for me were the non-genre related ones like "Dude, Where’s My Car?", "Save The Last Dance", "MI2" and "Charlie’s Angels". Isn’t this flick called "Scary Movie 2"? You know…scary!!! Unfortunately for us genre fans, most of the “horror”-related jokes fail or are just forgettable.

The Wayans Brothers themselves are shamefully misused and underused in this film as well. Marlon Wayans’ Shorty cracked my ass up in the original but in this film, the material is so damn weak that he comes across as stupid and annoying. In the original, Shawn Wayans' gay antics made it happen for me but here they don’t capitalize enough on it. It's too bad because Shawn’s "gay shite" is funnnnny and this sequel needed more laughs.

Marlon Wayans (Shorty) is just not funny here and I grew tired of his antics very fast. Shawn Wayans (Ray) should’ve had more jokes because he’s one funny motherfucker. Anna Farris (Cindy) gets all my respect for pulling this off. She really goes all out in every scene and doesn’t censor herself one bit. Regina Hall (Brenda) has a few funny lines and yells a lot…again… Don’t even ask me what Tori Spelling (Alex) was doing in this film or what her part was all about. I don’t know or care. Kathleen Robertson (Theo) shows off her cleavage and tight ass. She’s not asked to do much here.

Marlon Brando was supposed to play in the opening “Exorcist” skit but had to bail due to health reasons.

One of my fav scene in the trailer where Shorty blows weed smoke in the air and gets the ghost high is cut out of the finished film.

Indy regular Natasha Lyonne plays Jasonia Voorhees in the “Exorcist” clip.

The flick was written by: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Alyson Fouse, Greg Grabianski, Dave Polsky, Michael Anthony Snowden and Craig Wayans. THAT’S A LOT OF WRITERS!!! WAY TOO MANY! NO WONDER THIS FLICK DOESN’T STICK!