![]() Hocus Pocus 2 (2022), Courtesy of Disney. Without giving too many spoilers away, the theme of sisterhood heightens and deepens the relationship between the witches to - would you believe - devastating results. Sure, the end result might be similar to the original, but the journey there has new twists. The witches have their goal, a specific spell to cast before sunrise, but complications are different and the stakes are raised. ![]() ![]() The closest we get is Cassie’s boyfriend - a light and entertaining comedic performance by Froy Gutierrez, but ultimately forgettable.Īnd what of the plot itself? Would the sisters simply return to their original mission? All the ingredients are there, but director Anne Fletcher manages to craft a slightly different recipe. With a cast of mainly females, it would’ve been easy to squeeze in a hetero-compulsive storyline, a crush or a relationship appear from nowhere and have little bearing on the story. ![]() Whereas HP1 had the teenage crushing of Max and Alison, HP2 stays focused on the magic, a more platonic sisterly love theme running through the film, and the mission to not die at the hands of evil witches. There is no tokenism or a feeling of forced wokeness in the casting the film is simply moving with the times and our cinematic expectations.įollowing the trend of recent Disney films, HP2 lacks any romantic subplot. The trios are foils of each other: all white versus diverse, evil versus good, familial sisters versus ‘chosen’ sisters. The sequel doesn’t right any wrongs of the original, but being 2022, HP2 has caught up in terms of diversity and representation. While the flashback provides a solid foundation for the plot, the mention of a powerful spell the Chekov’s gun, the film does not dwell on filling in gaps. With perfectly cast young actors, we see the Sanderson sisters on Winnie’s 16 th birthday, when they received Book (sorry, “Boooooook!”) from the mysterious yet alluring Mother Witch (Hannah Waddingham). And starting with a flashback is a stellar way to do this. Passing comments from the originals are explained, everything is given a reason. Sure, they might’ve been casting their own spell as part of a birthday ritual, but bringing back the all-singing all-dancing witches was a bump in the road.Īs appears to be common with modern sequels, HP2 goes deeper into the in-universe lore. This time it is 16-year-old Becca (Whitney Peak) and her friend Izzy (Belissa Escobedo) who raise the witches from the dead. Another Halloween, another Black Flame Candle, and another virgin. Yes, 29 years after the original, Winifred (Bette Midler), Mary (Kathy Najimy) and Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker) Sanderson return again. Long-awaited sequels can be fickle creatures, precarious even in their conception: what will the new story be how will it link to the first film will any of the cast want to do it again? And when it does arrive, the question waiting to be answered is will it be any good? Thankfully, Hocus Pocus 2, Disney’s follow-up to the 1993 Halloween classic has pretty good answers to all these questions. Just in time for Halloween, Hocus Pocus 2 sees the return of the Sanderson Sisters, ready to wreak havoc and become all-powerful, but can it live up to the original? ★★★★✰
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