Halloween 1998. The audience finds itself not in Haddonfield for the first time. Instead we're in California at a private school. Laurie Strode (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) has been alive and well all of these years. It turns out that she faked her death and took on a new identity as Keri Tate. She now has a teenage son named John (played by Josh Hartnett). Laurie is the dean of the school and has been living fairly happily but she always fears the possible return of Michael Myers. Michael finds out where she is and goes to the school. Once more Laurie will have to face off with Michael Myers only now her son and a few others are in danger.
I was so very pleased with this film after the garbage of the last three films. I decided to pretend that the other three hadn't been made. Fortunately for me and the rest of the audience, the filmmakers also decided to ignore the last three films. Essentially this one picks up after Halloween II.
My biggest complaint about this film has to do with a scene involving LL Cool J's character Ronny. In the scene Ronny gets shot point blank in the head on accident. He should have died. Later, when we see Ronny again he has a tiny little band aid on the side of his head. There was no way that he could have survived considering where he was shot and he certainly wouldn't have had a little itty bitty band aid on the side of his head. The explanation given is that he ducked and the bullet side-swiped him. If you watch the scene you'll see that that was impossible. Mind you I don't have issue with the character Ronny. I simply have issue with someone getting shot point blank range and surviving and having a teeny tiny band aid on the side of their head.
Apart from the above scene and if you like the Halloween franchise, this one is so worth watching.
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