Mata Batin 2

After her sister's death, a woman goes to work at a friends' orphanage where she meets another teen with her abilities at seeing ghosts and spirits, which they are forced to put to use when it becomes apparent a malicious spirit is haunting the area seeking revenge and must put a stop to it.

For the most part, this was quite an entertaining sequel. A lot of what works best for the film is the reliance and focus on some rather chilling and dark shock scenes that build quite a creepy atmosphere. A fine encounter between the two in their home at the beginning gives this a jolting start alongside the idea of what happens here killing off one of the major characters, while the confrontations around the orphanage are far more chilling. The investigation into the strange note she drew in her notebook sends them on a chase through the darkened library looking for clues to its meaning, while an outright chilling double-encounter where she and another child come face-to-face with different ghosts in separate rooms features fine suspense and great shocks. Likewise, a rather chilling action scene featuring the ghost tormenting the owners of the orphanage and eventually turning its wrath on the building itself throwing furniture around, knocking pictures off the wall, or threatening to bring the entire structure down all in front of children for a big, extended sequence. This allows for a rather strong pacing keeping things interesting as the abundance of creepy ghost encounters keeps the film going. Also rather fun is the return of the supernatural elements that were present in the first entry. Introducing a new character with the same powers as her sister allows this one to keep up the idea of being able to see ghosts and spirits around them using their Third Eye powers in a new setting while still offering the chance to keep up with the familiar elements in the storyline. Returning to the themes of retribution and revenge on the family member responsible for their death by haunting their place of death much as the original did, the slowly-unraveled mystery of the haunting allows for the two to utilize their powers of foresight to see what really happened to the characters to help speed the process along. As well, the return of the psychic from the first film to assist in astral projection and return to the spirit world full of bright colors and ravenous ghosts makes for a great continuation and cohesion into the universe which is greatly appreciated. All told, these here hold the film up as being enjoyable. However, there are several major flaws in the film. The first issue is that much like the first entry, there's far too much emphasis on utilizing cliched jump-scares that are far too obvious in their setup. The first film featured way too many scenes of ghostly figures walking by quickly in the background or popping up unexpectedly and charging at a character, a trend that is repeated continuously throughout here. As well, another in the film is an annoying habit of having hands reach out from underneath beds or dressers pulling objects underneath only to disappear upon investigating the incident, which happens several times throughout the film and really wears out its welcome the more it's used. However, none of these hurt the film as much as the overlong and dragged out finale that feels like a repeat of the first one offering the return to the spirit world, overdrawn special effects work, and a last-second twist that sets up a potential third film which is unnecessary and feels like overkill by dragging out the running time ten to fifteen minutes too long by including this retreaded material. It's enough to lower the rating enough from the good elements presented beforehand.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Language and children-in-jeopardy.

But also as the first one a lot of fake scares. Boo I'm here to scare you ... now run away, because I won't hurt you (yet). If it sounds like I'm not entirely convinced with the movie, you might be onto something. But I have seen way worse horror movies and I wouldn't go nearly as far as to call this a "bad" movie (no matter the genre).

Now we get a continuation from the first 3rd eye movie, though as you can guess you can watch this without prior knowledge of the other film. Of course if you do, you will have a couple of insights and "know" the characters (it's a nice touch, but let's keep it real, paper thin). If you are into this sort of stuff, sound design and so forth - well done.

I stumbled upon the 2019 Indonesian horror movie by sheer luck. Seeing that it was an Asian horror movie, I was sold immediately and had to sit down and watch it.

I will say that the first half of the movie was phenomenal, and it was very much reminiscent of the 1982 "Poltergeist" classic, except set in an Indonesian setting, but having all the intensity and creepy atmosphere to it as seen in "Poltergeist". Yeah, the movie was on a very good track here, and director Rocky Soraya was definitely making things right.

But then the movie introduced possession, and it all went south. Fast. It was abysmal. The movie took a turn from where it would have otherwise received a 7 out of 10 star rating from me, and it spiraled into a laughable storyline where everything previously established just came apart.

So the first half of the movie was great, the last half was abysmal. Yup, there you have it, ladies and gentlemen.

The acting in the movie was good. And as always, I thoroughly enjoy watching the faces and talents of unfamiliar actors and actresses on the screen. And I wasn't familiar with a single face in this movie. So that was bliss. And I will say that they had some nice actresses and actors on the cast list to perform the various roles and characters. Just a shame that the last half of the movie totally derailed and offered the actors and actresses nothing to work with.

As for the special effects. Well, they were there and they worked well enough in favor for the movie and definitely added to the atmosphere. Just keep in mind that you will not be blown away or bedazzled in any manner.

"Mata Batin 2" (aka "The Third Eye 2") had such great potential to be a really genuinely creepy and disturbing horror movie, but it all went down the drain and the movie became less than mediocre, given the horrible last half of the movie.

Some moral messages that I get from this film :

1. Don't be sad for the calamity that befalls you for too long, wake up and start a new, better life.

2. Take advantage of your strengths or abilities to help others.

3. Don't be afraid if you do the right thing.

4. Get rid of fear, face the real reality, and be brave.

5. Every crime, whether real or hidden, will surely be revealed in its time.

6. Get rid of vengeance and cultivate forgiveness.

7. Don't be easily fooled by whispers that tell us to do bad.

8. Every human being depends on his actions in this world, if he is good then in the hereafter he will be placed in Heaven, but if he is evil he will be placed in Hell.

9. True happiness is when you can make other people happy.

May be useful =)

Not as great as the first one but was a decent flick. It seems they used their best ideas on the first one.