Honey and Blood 2: Does it want to be the new cult film? (REVIEW)

2024-04-22 20:59:17

Despite all bets, it was released Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 in Mexico by Cinemex Distribución, the sequel that turns child characters into bloodthirsty monsters.

And although nothing was expected from Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2the public began to be interested in his debut with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

But How good is Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 compared to its 2023 predecessor?

We say yes Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 is worth watching despite the strange premise that it presented from the first installment.

Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 establishes itself as a slasher, but forgets the essentials

Although at first glance Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 does not promise more than the first installmentthe remarkable thing about this sequel is that it does achieve it.

Well, compared to the first film, Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 manages to establish itself better within the slasher genre.

In Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 you can see a greater investment in the effects of blood, the manner of deaths and even the costumes of the monsters of the 100 Acre Wood.

However, Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 feels like it wants to make a good impression to the viewer in a forced way that so many deaths and so many bodies end up becoming ridiculous.

Although the deaths in Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 are much bloodier and even unpredictable and surprising, there comes a point where they exaggerate so much that there is a room full of bodies.

The same ones that had been torn apart a moment ago and when you turned the camera around they seemed only bathed in blood.

But putting this aside sequence error in Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2is much better than the first installment of 2023, revealing that director Rhys Frake-Waterfield heeded the public’s recommendations.

Although Winnie the Pooh’s friends and the honey bear himself improved their appearance compared to the first installment and it is no longer just a plastic mask, they still do not seem credible.

And although they give more prominence to Winnie the Pooh, there are certain moments where Tigger and Owl manage to impress with their appearance and skills.

But yes, in Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 focused so much on including many more liters of bloodmore grotesque murders and screams that forgot the essential thing: the plot.

Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 is completely a slasher film and it is understandable that there is no coherent story to follow, but it falters in its second act.

Well, it is very predictable how it will end. the story of Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 with the supposed origin of these creatures.

Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 already has a rating on Rotten Tomatoes ( Jagged Edge Productions)

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Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 contradicts and mocks its predecessor

Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 has arrived as a direct sequel to the first installment which, despite its reception, managed to reach cinemas.

Noticing a great difference in terms of production, the quality of the performances and consolidating itself as a 100% slasher movie.

However, in Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 they tried to give a “logical” explanation for its existence, which somewhat contradicts what was said in the first film.

This makes the two Winnie the Pooh movies: Honey and Blood 2 feel completely different and not sequels to each other.

Even in Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 they make reference to its first installment, mocking its poor reception and even taking it as a parody.

Beyond the change of protagonist in Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 and although they try to give it a degree of depth, sometimes They feel like two separate plots. that come together in the end by chance of fate.

Is Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 worth it as Rotten Tomatoes said?

The curiosity to see Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 arose among users when it was revealed that, in its debut, it achieved a perfect rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Currently, from critics, Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 has 51% approval while from the public it is at 81%.

It should be remembered that the first installment of Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood had 3% approval from critics and 50% from the audience.

In conclusion, Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 resumes the main plot of the first installment but provides a different origin in this installment.

Yeah, Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 greatly improved the quality of its production and it even surprises with some deaths, but they are so excessive that they end up being laughable.

Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 gives rise to a third installment and opens the way to the Poohniverse – which will arrive in 2025 -, with the new Bambi movie; They are also expecting one of Peter Pan and Pinocchio.

However, towards the end of Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2, they try to explain his return with something “supernatural”, very Terrifier style which ends up being something meaningless.

Is Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 worth watching? If you are a fan of slasher movies and you don’t care how many deaths there are as long as there is too much blood, guts and dismemberments, yes.

But if you are looking for a logical, coherent story and some horror that is scary, Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 is going to disappoint you.

Well, Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 has no surprises, it does not have the classic jumpscares and they focus more on the how than on the what.

Will Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood 2 and its predecessor become the new slasher cult films?

We will have to wait for the public’s reception of this April 18th to find out if it has the support of slasher lovers.

It should be mentioned that it will only be available in Cinemex complexes, as it is exclusive to this chain.