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This director was CLEARLY trying to capitalize off his Hell House LLC success but found-footage movies are not the same as genuine, narrative movies. So the writing in this is extremely bad and everything is rushed.

The opening scene was so subpar I was honestly thinking a friend was knocking on the girl's door and playing a trick on her, ready to jump out. That was the vibe I was picking up. So when it turned out it was nobody there but the mannequin, I was unimpressed. It just built no tensions at all.

Also, all he did was replace the creepy clown with a less creepy woman mannequin, that also moves around on its own. Same exact concept.

This writer/director assumes he can just keep doing the same formula, with small changed details and get the same outcome. But this is the world of movies now. No heart, no passion, no ambition. Just mediocre filmmakers who want to shock quickly and never learn how to move an audience through emotions.

I so miss the greats: Craven, Romero, Hooper, Gordon, etc. They were genuine storytellers and bled for their art. Now we have people who just think making movies is fun because it's a bit easier and faster now. Easy does not make better.

Too many friggin characters! And of course they had to throw in the domestic disputes of father and daughter, to spark that drama every one seems to crave these days, instead of just having FUN! Movies think they are reality now and that is why they suck. Movies were made to ESCAPE reality. And there are certain genres to watch if you want that but it does not belong in this franchise. Foley does not need an estranged daughter weighing him down. Who in the world do you think wants an annoying character entering your space and taking all of your attention away from your friend? It is a dumb move. But films continue to do this crap, like Indiana Jones.

Also, they do not even attempt to explain who Kevin Bacon is as the bad guy. He, like all other known faces, are just planted in the story for familiarity instead of story. And this is why this movie fails. It made me actually miss part 3, which has grown on me over the last 2 decades. Bacon is the best part about this movie and they give him NOTHING to work with. He is so underused so they can make room for father/daughter, boyfriend/girlfriend crap. This isn't a teeny pop movie. It's an ACTION comedy. Filmmakers really gotta start stepping up their game!

Also, the director of his had zero clue what they were going for. It seems he has never even seen parts 1-3, from the vibe and atmosphere of this one. I'm just tired of filmmakers and actors phoning in their duties now. It has become just another job instead of a passion and that's sad.

Movie needed more serious bonding between the old characters that moved the story, instead of just having them appear for fan-service and be useless. Serge especially had a small and forgettable part when they could have used him as part of the team this time. But instead of progress the characters we want they toss new boring ones down our throats. Hollywood is so far removed from what we want that it is becoming laughable.

It is still a fine movie to sit through. It is not boring but it just isn't BEVERLY HILLS COP.

Yet another lazy, pointless movie made as if it was a long YouTube short.

This movie was like having a coke-head show up to your party and tell you something interesting but then their high gets progressively higher and they start doing completely random new things instead of building on what they were telling you about. It also feels like the jokes were written for toddlers. They were ALL flat and did not hit the mark.

I am tired of living in a world where the influence of the online world bleeds into the movie industry. This movie is the same caliber as short films on YouTube. It also acts like it is trying to appeal quickly to followers instead of entertain a fresh audience of general people. But ultimately, it was empty and had no purpose or focus. I'm afraid we are in an era of A. D. D. Entertainment. And if you can't keep your attention focused enough to make a linear and intriguing story then how do you expect an audience to have attention to watch it?