It's been over a decade since I last watched this, so yesterday I sat down and watched the original Urban Legend and this back-to-back and I forgot how good they were. This is the kind of slasher I like, and it has a movie within a movie plot in the vein of Scream 3. Gosh, I miss these old 90's/early 2000's horror movies. They don't make 'em like this anymore.The sequel is about Amy Mayfield, a film student who's not sure what to make her thesis film about. She runs into Officer Reese Wilson from the original film and she tells Amy about her experience with the killings that happened at the college she used to work at. Amy soon decides to make an 'urban legend' themed horror film. Soon enough, a killer shows up and kills off the actors and crew of the film. Will Amy be able to survive? If you love slasher movies, you'll love URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT!!!

Much like the first film, 'Urban Legends 2', is also one of those films that you appreciate more for the idea than the execution. There wasn't anything new in this sequel, there were murders based on urban legends and it was your usual mystery. Though the acting was not too bad, the actual writing and over complications are a perfect example of too many cooks spoiling the broth, with the cooks being all the stupid twists written in. There was nothing memorable about it, and I watched it in a completely idle mind, not taking it even remotely seriously. It was probably not the worst murder mystery ever taken, but definitely not amongst the best. The only thing that makes this flick watchable is Loretta, playing the lovable, kick-ass campus security guard.

This movie made no damn sense. After the star saw her friend killed on tape why would she not go to the police. Because some guy that she just met told her that he doesn't have a good relationship with the police. What the hell does that have to do with her reporting that there is a killer on the loose killing her friends. Her friends continue to get murdered and she continues to not say anything. Explain. There is no explanation. In addition, when the kids get killed, why is there absence not reported? Didn't they have any friends or love ones? The teacher stills the work of a student and then kills the student. Isn't this a rip off of DOA? It is, but soooo much worse. Please, if you haven't already, do not waste your time watching this nonsense.

While I won't dispute for a second that Urban Legends: Final Cut is a poor man's version of the first film, it's nowhere near as bad as some seem to think it is.I'll start on the poor man's comment and work my way through. In place of Joshua Jackson we have Joey Lawrence. In place of Freddy Krueger himself Robert Englund we have Hart Bochner, who played that cocaine sniffing conductor of immense enmity Ellis in Die Hard. In place of Tara Reid we have a then unknown (but undeniably attractive) Eva Mendes (playing a lesbian of course). And in place of Alicia Witt we have Jennifer Morrison (who has played a Doctor on House since 2005). A decade later that's a good trade, but it wasn't in 2000 when this was made. And in place of a University campus, we have a film school.The story: film student Amy Mayfield goes to one of her lecturers with a great idea for a film: she wants to make a movie based on Urban Legends. No sooner has she started filming than everyone involved in the movie starts to get killed off. Adding to Amy's anxiety is the appearance of Travis Stark, twin brother of the recently deceased Trevor Stark, who is determined to prove that his brother didn't kill himself? Could the solution to both their problems be linked? Will they need to jump into bed together to find the answer? All these questions are answered by film's end. Sadly, for most of the audience, all these questions are answered before they've really been asked.The acting: isn't horrendous. THat's about all I can say. Mendes and Davis (who plays the Trevor/ Travis twin) are awkward in some scenes. Bochner and Morrison are actually pretty decent. Everyone else does what they are paid to do. On a side note, I never want to see Jessica Caulfiell in a movie again. Her worst scenes in this come in the first few minutes where she is purposely putting in a poor performance, but her voice and mannerisms. My goodness.The kills: the kills aren't bad to be honest. The kills and their reveals are a big strength of the movie and the main reason I think it's a little under rated. The resolution is nice, but most of what comes after hurts much of what came before.Overall: i'd say this is an average movie. Not good, not terrible. Enjoyable if in the right mood and certainly not offensive. Can't see where all the negativity comes from really.