{"id":11848,"date":"2008-01-10T12:39:59","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T17:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=11848"},"modified":"2008-01-10T12:39:59","modified_gmt":"2008-01-10T17:39:59","slug":"white-noise-2-the-light-2007-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/10\/white-noise-2-the-light-2007-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"White Noise 2: The Light (2007) (DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"white-noise-2-the-light\"<\/a>I always say that if you\u2019re going to derive from another better and well established concept, you\u2019d better sure as hell do it well. Or do it to the point well it feels unique. The sequel to \u201cWhite Noise\u201d is a bonafide take on my favorite \u201cTwilight Zone\u201d episode of all time, \u201cThe Purple Testament.\u201d Except this time it\u2019s updated to a man who has a Near Death Experience after attempting suicide. When he returns from the dead, he can see white auras around people who are about to die. As well he can also hear EVP\u2019s, and see transmissions of the dead on televisions, and he\u2019s really about to experience something he never thought was possible. \u201cWhite Noise 2\u201d is by all accounts a superior film to the original, and that\u2019s odd considering the original had so much potential, while this sequel had the odds stacked against it.<\/p>\n

Nathan Fillion who I\u2019ve become more and more a fan of since my inception into \u201cFirefly,\u201d gives a strong performance as a man named Abe who realizes his Near Death Experience gave him some amazing powers. Sure, it\u2019s a recycled premise, but \u201cWhite Noise 2\u201d has such better production qualities and a much more interesting cast on its hand that, considering the troubles the production has gone through since its premiere, really shouldn\u2019t be this good. It\u2019s stunning that \u201cWhite Noise\u201d received such a wonderful promotion before its release considering it was such a wasted opportunity. I\u2019m usually averse to supernatural dramas these days, mainly because they\u2019re all so boring, but \u201cWhite Noise 2\u201d works and works well. The struggle of Abe to learn the intricacies of his powers are entertaining, and the result of experimenting with them makes for a hell of a creepy ride, take a scene where Abe studies EVP\u2019s on a television.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhite Noise 2\u201d is a semi-religious message, but one that doesn\u2019t mind tinkering with its concept over and over and somehow revealing a possibly hidden motive behind these mysterious powers. Does Abe now have a higher purpose, or is he just a vessel for something horrifying to make its way in through him? Patrick Lussier gives some dynamite direction being able to shift tones from moody supernatural experience to awfully visual horror film that succeeds in its gruesome imagery and rather shrewd combining of unusual plot devices that join together like puzzle pieces as the story progresses. Fillion is strong here and really sells this role home providing an often sympathetic and uproarious portrayal of this man who is given an incredible power that may be too good to be true.<\/p>\n

Katee Sackhoff is utterly adorable as the sweet nurse who manages to bond with Abe after his suicide attempt and becomes a guiding force in his life after he manages to save hers during a parking lot murder attempt. The relationship and interplay between the two manages to be believable and a well written aspect of the story, but as the story tightens its hold, \u201cWhite Noise 2\u201d becomes much more than a simple take on a \u201cTwilight Zone\u201d episode and delves into the cost of saving someone who is, by all accounts, fated to die. I really enjoyed what Lussier and co. had to offer for this standalone sequel, and I\u2019m saddened it wasn\u2019t given too much of a chance to break out as its own film. It\u2019s a hell of a take on an already excellent concept. This shouldn\u2019t be so good. It\u2019s a consistently shelved sequel to a pretty awful supernatural horror film, but lo and behold thanks to Lussier\u2019s tight direction, gruesome disturbing imagery, wonderful story, and great performance by Nathan Fillion, \u201cWhite Noise 2\u201d is a great piece of supernatural filmmaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I always say that if you\u2019re going to derive from another better and well established concept, you\u2019d better sure as hell do it well. Or do it to the point well it feels unique. The sequel to \u201cWhite Noise\u201d is a bonafide take on my favorite \u201cTwilight Zone\u201d episode of all time, \u201cThe Purple Testament.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[240,276,409,708,922,1008,1087,1170],"class_list":["post-11848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-crime","tag-demons","tag-ghosts","tag-nathan-fillion","tag-sequel","tag-supernatural","tag-thriller","tag-w"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}