This followup to the 1992 movie isn't that bad. Tony Todd returns as the excellent Candyman, and we learn more about his history.
Sure, we already knew that if you look in a mirror and call his name five times, you'll soon be visited by him, and he'll be only too happy to split you from groin to gullet - not a pleasant experience.
In this sequel, a young woman is trying to find out what is happening with her brother, who himself is trying to figure out what happened to their father. Luckily it's not all as complicated as that sounds.
In the process, they figure out that their mother has been hiding things from them - namely that their ancestor was none other than the Candyman himself. In fact, it turns out that the young lady is carrying a child that the Candyman wants for his own.
The result is a romp through the streets of New Orleans, and a finish that brings the Candyman into the real world, and then his ultimate destruction. Of course, in the world of the horror film, no destruction should ever be considered final.
Rated R for violence and gore, and for some sexuality and language.
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