adonis98-743-186503
A group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wander into an old farmhouse that is home to Leatherface and his insane family of cannibalistic psychopaths. The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is just way too stupid to insult it from the dumb plot to Leatherface dressed like a woman hunting down Zellweger and speaking about her, what was she and especially Matthew McConaughey doing in here? Their perfomances were alright i'll give them that but were they truly needed to be in this movie? No!! (0/10)
shannen-l-c
'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' franchise has it's fair share of movies that are poor, but this one really takes the biscuit. Even for TCM, this is truly abysmal and even fans of the franchise will find it near on impossible to get through this. Although TCM as a franchise tends to have it's more comedic/wacky movies and the more serious/scary ones, Next Generation takes it much too far to the wacky side of the spectrum. I'm all for wackiness and my enjoyment fo the 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and 'Child's Play' franchises serves as proof of that, but this is just TOO absurd to the point that it's not even remotely funny. Everything is over the top, irrational and nonsensical. The plot was non-existent with no coherent or obvious story present. Despite well known names such as Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey starring, this movie is shockingly awful. McConaughy's over the top acting seems to become even more dramatic and is practically unwatchable. The overall acting from all the cast is dreadful, with no redeeming qualities. What else do you expect when they're playing a bunch of psychotic freaks with no humanistic qualities at all? Although screaming and yelling is to be expected in a horror movie, this takes it to a new and ridiculous level. 90% of the movie consists of high pitched squealing and frantic screams to the point that I was forced to mute the TV. The dialogue was actually out-done by the screaming. Unsurprisingly, I didn't manage to get to the end of this movie and don't feel I missed out on anything. In fact, I think I saved myself from wasting any more of my life watching this atrocity. Save yourselves the torture and skip this movie on your watch of the TCM franchise.
chanfan304
This movie is bad. Not good bad, just bad. I think the people saying they like this movie are simply saying so because they want to appear special or unique.Renee Zellweger's acting comes across as both decent and bad. She seems to be doing well and then suddenly it's like she had a change of heart, or doesn't want to be there anymore, and will just deadpan a few lines before deciding to pick the pace back up a bit.McConnehey isn't bad as the resident nutcase leader, but the character itself is just ridiculous. It's full of nonsense parts (more so than your usual horror movie "cluelessness" from the characters) of which the ending is the biggest condensation of said nonsense. The whole "conspiracy theory" explanation is poorly implemented and is just the icing on the cake of absurdity.Don't get me wrong here. I like a movie that is absurd for the sake of being absurd, or movies that are accidentally good, funny, etc. This is none of those. I am avoiding spoilers by not being specific and just want to give an overall description of the film. It is not clever, it is not witty, it is not good (not even by accident). Everything falls flat in this. Like I said, the number of people giving the "10 out of 10" ratings are either a select few with multiple accounts, people desperate to find a meaning or something that simply is not there, people trying to concoct these "deep meanings" in order to seem "complex" and/or make themselves feel better, or any combination thereof.
stephanieroadcap75
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation is just horrible. The plot revolves around the most annoying teenagers ever(with the exception of one girl) getting into a car wreck in the woods after leaving their high school prom early and running into Leatherface and his family.This movie has virtually no redeeming qualities, the dialogue is horrible AT BEST, the acting is atrocious, and worst of all, the villains in this movie are not at all intimidating.Leatherface in this movie is played by Robert Jacks, who screams and whines throughout his time on screen and wears dresses. There's some gruesome scenes of torture, but that doesn't make the film scary. there's also some stupid subplot about a secret society that forces the chainsaw family to commit their crimes, which just adds to the stupidity of the film. The only redeeming quality of this film is Renee Zellweger's character, but even she isn't given much to do. My advice is whether you are a fan of this series or not, avoid part 4 at all costs!
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