A stylish sequel though inferior to its classic predecessor, Bill Condon's Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh deepens our knowledge of what made the murdered Daniel Robitaille turn into the monster that haunts dreams and mirrors. But some of it is still pretty routine: schoolteacher Annie takes a long time to connect her family's plantation-owning past and her own artistic talent with the legend, and is far too ready to say the Candyman's name five times in a mirror to debunk her pupils' fears. The setting--New Orleans in Carnival time with a disc jockey whimsically... reminding us that Carnival is the last farewell to pleasure before the rigours of Lent--and the atmospheric score by Philip Glass give the film some of its class. Tony Todd, who returns as the Candyman, gives the monstrous spectre with a hook for a hand a quiet dignity and sadness which impresses. His life was torn agonisingly from him and he is mad for vengeance, yet he has an artistic temperament and loved Annie's kinswoman Caroline. Condon captures an attractive elegiac tone in much of this, as well as moments of brutal horror. On the DVD: Candyman 2 is presented in widescreen 1.78:1; there is an attractive crispness to the picture which does real justice to the film's impressive sense of place. The music score comes across well in Dolby Digital stereo. There is a theatrical trailer, but no other features. --Roz Kaveney [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play His myth has endured for generations His legacy is eternal rage And now he&39;s back… with a vengeance! Candyman Farewell to the Flesh continues the tale of the phantom-like figure who wreaks a terrible fate upon those who chant his name five times while looking into a mirror and come face to face with grisly death A victim of unspeakable evil while he lived the "Candyman" (Tony Todd The Crow) has become evil incarnate in his afterlife This time he haunts the city of New Orleans where a young schoolteacher named Annie Tarrant (Kelly Rowan 187) is struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father The locals insist that he was slain by the Candyman but Annie is not convinced… until she unwittingly summons the monster forth learns the secret of his power and discovers the link that connects her to him But can she stop him before he kills again? Actors Timothy Carhart Veronica Cartwright Kelly Rowan & Tony Todd Director Bill Condon Certificate 18 years and over Year 1995 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages French Spanish English - Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles Dutch ; English for the hearing impaired ; French ; Polish ; Spanish Duration 1 hour and 30 minutes (approx)
In the 1890s, a young black man was lynched and tortured because of his affair with a white girl. He returned from the dead to wreak his vengeance in 'Candyman', and now looks set to do the same again, in true sequel fashion. In modern-day New Orleans, local schoolteacher Annie Tarrant (Kelly Rowan) is the last surviving descendant of the Candyman's lost love. Little does she know what fate has in store...
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