Film Review – Halloween Ends

2018’s “Halloween” was intended to be the resurrection fans were waiting for, bringing Jamie Lee Curtis back to (once again) battle Michael Myers, providing a do-over of sorts as co-writer Danny McBride and co-writer/director David Gordon Green created a new path to franchise finality, promising a cleaner journey to an ultimate resolution for Laurie Strode and her boogeyman. The first feature delivered an uneven but undeniably effective set-up for a final battle, but 2021’s “Halloween Kills” (also hit with creative issues) disrupted the mission, with Green trying to inflate a simple idea of catharsis into a trilogy. Instead of satisfaction, “Kills” didn’t add up to much, and now the screenwriters try something different to close out Green’s trilogy, removing Michael Myers from much of “Halloween Ends,” electing to give loyal fans more of a thematic, character-based conclusion than a visceral one. It’s a bold choice, especially with all the expectations in play, but “Ends” intends to do its own thing, picking the worst time to do it. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com