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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792842965
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792842960
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 12, 1999
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 19869
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: March 12, 1999
Editorial Review:
Description:
Welcome to Bates High School. The lesson for today: stay on Rachel Lang's good side because this outcast teen has a fiery temper that can't be controlled! Joining her in the halls are Jason London (Dazed and Confused), Dylan Bruno (Saving Private Ryan), J. Smith-Cameron (In & Out), Zachery Ty Bryan ( Home Improvement ) and Amy Irving (Carrie) for an explosion of supernatural violence (Variety) that will keep you on the edge of your seat to the blazing, bloody end! Rachel (Emily Bergl) is a high school outcast who gets caught in the middle of a vicious prankorchestrated by a group of over-sexed jocksthat turns deadly. Once the police bring one of the boys in for questioning, his pals target Rachel for squealing and hatch a devious scheme to publicly humiliate her. But messing with Rachel is worse than playing with fire for when her temper's crossed it triggers a powder-keg of anger and unleashes special powers that can turn a fun house party into a mad-house inferno!
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The best stuff in this ridiculously conceived sequel to Brian De Palma's groundbreaking '70s classic are the occasional, too-brief flashbacks to De Palma's groundbreaking '70s classic. They occur in the mind of Sue Snell (Amy Irving, shamelessly reprising her role), the only main character left alive during Carrie's prom revenge freakout. After a brief stint in an insane asylum, Snell is now a therapist at a suburban high school and is currently counseling Rachel Lang (Emily Bergl). Rachel isn't like other girls. When Rachel gets really mad, she moves things with her mind. Rachel's been really mad lately, because her best friend jumped from a rooftop in the first 10 minutes of this movie. Even though there's absolutely no development of this relationship, don't doubt it: we know they're best friends because they have matching tattoos. Rachel's friend lost it because she was the latest victim in a fun game that members of the football team play off the field in which they keep a running count of how many girls they can seduce, using a rating scale based on appearance. Of course, there's a nice one, Jesse (Jason London), who feels guilty about playing the game and falls for Carrie, er, Rachel. Everything appears to be changing for Rachel, but Jesse's friends have other plans. Snell knows what's up, however, and it's pretty funny watching her explain it to Rachel: 'I've been through this movie before' is essentially what she says, but Rachel doesn't want to hear that she's not an original character, that she's a cheap, slightly hardened and revised '90s rip-off with no autonomy. It makes Rachel want to move things with her mind. --Dave McCoy
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not the best but it was okay
I recently bought this movie and saw that most of it's setting was at a high school and high school kids. Not that that's bad but this did make it get uninteresting in some areas but towards the end was a freaky/scary ending where the main character unleashes her telekinetic powers at a party where they were lots of high school kids around that aparked her rage. I've heard from a lot of people that Carrie part 1 is good but I saw it and it was in a 1970s or 80s setting which I didn't like so I ... Read More
Rating: - It's better if...
You look at this as it's own movie. As it's been said several times here. The plot is the same, give or take a few ingredients. However, I found that looking at this incredibly cheesy attempt at a sequel as it's own separate movie from the original, and it wasn't so bad. The characters were strong, and of course the plot made sense. And while it may have been a complete ripoff of the "Teen Slasher" flicks from this point in time, and the original, it had some interesting points as well, and definitely ... Read More
Rating:  - Where are your dirty pillows?
I guess the biggest surprise about this is the fact that it took so long before a sequel was made. Since Carrie came out in the 70s, it was common practice in those days to strike while the iron was hot and make a sequel as soon as possible. It didn't matter how cheesy or poor it was, as long as they kept name recognition in the audiences is what they thought brought in capital. Maybe it did in video rental later, which is the only hope this movie had to be seen. It made a statement, but it had been ... Read More
Rating:  - The Joys and HORROR of the High School Experience
I wasn't expecting much from Katt Shea's 1999 "Carrie" sequel "The Rage: Carrie 2." Most sequels are but a pale caricature of the original. Take for instance "Friday the 13th Part III" or "V;" both films are worth catching for various reasons, but their goofy elements make them essentially throw-away flicks. This is not the case with "The Rage." "The Rage" is a serious high school drama that includes the sub-theme of telekinesis and ends in utter, tragic horror.
Although this is a sequel, the ... Read More
Rating: - it depends if you saw the original or not...
if you saw the (absolutely incredible) original 'Carrie' then you know that this movie is such a piece of garbage that you should not even breathe in its general direction.
If you haven't seen the (absolutely incredible) original 'Carrie' then for you, you little moron you, is an awesome horror movie where everyone dies.
bottom line: this movie is NOTHINGNESS compared to the original carrie but AWESOME when its NOT compared to the original carrie.
Worst part:basically ... Read More
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