Among all the various slashers out there Leatherface has always been one of my favorites. Maybe because he is loosely based off of a real person and also who doesn't like to see the damage a chainsaw can make on hapless victims. I have seen all the incarnations of Leatherface and his insane family from the original groundbreaking flick to the we shall never mention TCM 4: The Next Generation with Matthew McConaughy and Renee Zellweger. So, naturally this would have to be a must view for me.
They say this film takes place directly after the events of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre directed by Tobe Hooper. But, to be honest that is actually a bit misleading the first segment of the movie takes place directly after the original movie. However, it then fast forwards to 2012. There we find Heather working in the meat department of a grocery store getting ready for a trip to New Orleans. But, then she finds out that she has inherited a home from her dead grandmother that she never knew she had and in turn proceeds to travel to Texas with her friends to see what all she has actually inherited. The group soon encounters Leatherface and the buzz saw begins.
Overall this was a weak installment to this already labored franchise. It seemed more of a remake of Michael Bay's produced Texas Chainsaw Massacre (which I enjoyed) rather than its own stand alone sequel movie. The basic premise was a good one, but it was poorly executed with slightly bad acting and slow pace of the film.
What I love most about horror movies are the kill scenes. These scenes were carbon copies of the past movies with even some scenes almost happening off to the side where the viewer doesn't even really see the "meat" of the scene. I really wanted to see some good chainsaw scenes and was only granted one good one through the entire film. To me if you took out all the horror kill scenes this would play out like a Lifetime movie. There attempts to humanize Leatherface were awkward and slightly comical. Leatherface has never been human like to me which is a lot of his appeal.
Now granted, there are other things I could go into that bugged me about this movie other than the lack of some good kill scenes like the fact that Heather's age doesn't really match up with the timeline of the movie, that no one will ever realize that picking up a hitchhiker never ends well, how no one seems to think having graves in the backyard is odd and why is Trey Songz being "introduced" in the opening credits. That is usually reserved for someone who is a centeral or important character, which he was neither. In closing, if you are interested in watching a Texas Chainsaw Massacre film there are better choices to choose from because this chainsaw has no teeth! ~ Spaced
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