Redundant and unnecessary.

Great Film overall

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

It's one year later after the events of Halloween 4. Michael survives the shootings and on October 31st he returns with a vengeance. Lurking and stalking, Jamie, Rachel, and Rachel's friends, Michael forms a plan to lure Jamie out of the children's hospital where events lead up to the confrontation at the Myers house. Halloween 5 is the same insane result that Part 4 was and it gets even more insane when survivors of the previous installment die easier this time and the film starts an entire supernatural element between Michael and his Niece that made no sense and if there's one good thing about both of this installments is Donald Pleasence who does a great job as Dr. Loomis once again but the end result once again is not a memorable or good film in this once good Franchise. (3/10)

This movie is boring and it's so rushed. It's a big hot mess if you give it two more years to make. Weak premise, poor story telling, bad script, and annoying characters like Tina. This movie would be so much better if they take their time with it like in order to have a movie made a year after is talented actors and actress to make it work and also talented production team too. The downfall of the series, not recommended at all!

After the Halloween franchise made its "triumphant" return with the Michael Myers-based fourth installment, it became clear that the series was creatively bankrupt and nothing more than a cash cow. This fifth effort is a bit more watchable than that horrific fourth part, but not by a wide margin.For a basic plot summary, Myers seems to have no ill effects from his tumble down a mine shaft at the end of part four, and continues his pursuit of young Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris), whom he has seemingly developed a sort of psychic bond with (she can sense when he is about to kill). Still pursuing Myers is Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance), as well as a mysterious "Man in Black" who is introduced in this film and explained further in the sixth part.The obvious problem with this film is that it is basically a retread of its predecessor, breaking no new ground whatsoever. Thus, things just keep getting more stale. Dr. Loomis keeps spouting the same warnings (which are never heeded until it is too late), Myers keeps on slicin' and dicin', and no real character development is present.I have to give the movie credit for trying to explain the demented character of Michael Myers (e.g. tattoo on wrist, "Man in Black" presence, etc.), but they needed to give us more than that in THIS film, not the NEXT one (which they ended up royally botching anyway). I think viewers are supposed to start to understand why Myers is such a maniac, but not enough hints are given to really make us care.About the only true bright spot (like in part four) is the acting of little Danielle Harris, who gives a very spirited performance for being such a youngster. Without her presence, this film would be very near an abomination through and through.Thus, if you are a fan of this series you'll watch this flick no matter what I say, but don't be surprised if you feel you have wasted about 90 minutes. Others just looking for a scary picture, please stay away and find something...anything...to take the place of this overrated sequel.

Say what you will about the continued sequels and reboots plaguing the world of horror as of late, but for the most part, I've viewed "Halloween" as one of the stronger franchises. If for no other reason than because they seem to try just a modicum harder in their effort to deliver solid slasher-tales than many other franchises.But when the series falters, it seriously falters as has been the case with more than one of its follow-ups. Whether it be the bizarre pseudo-magical leanings of "The Curse of Michael Myers" or the gag- worthy and condescending "trendiness" and "modernness" of "Resurrection"... the series has had its share of duds. And I do think "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers" is among them.Essentially a continuation more-or-less picking up a year after "Halloween 4", we learn that Michael escaped his demise in the collapsed mineshaft and has fallen into a coma while his body is looked after by an old hermit. (...yeah, that part has confused me for as long as I remember.) One year later, he awakens, kills the man who has been watching over him and resumes his hunt for niece Jamie (Danielle Harris), who is now mute and stuck in a psychiatric children's clinic due to the whole "My uncle is a killer and I nearly killed my own mom last year" fiasco. Understandable, I guess.As the bodies begin to pile up in Michael's wake, Jamie realizes she has formed a sort-of psychic connection with her deranged relative and now has the ability to see where he's going to strike. And so she must team up with the police and Michael's obsessed former psychologist Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence) to try save the day and stop him once and for all.The biggest failing of the film is that it really is just a repetitious "expansion" on the previous installment with nothing to really set it apart. You don't feel like you're watching the fifth film... you feel like you're watching a collection of deleted scenes from the last movie that have been padded out to feature length by adding in contrived new plot lines. Granted this is perhaps the result of a rushed production to get a sequel out only one year later, but even by those means, it's pretty sub-par, with a reliance on cliché and convenience to further the plot and a lot of meandering ideas that were clearly not fleshed out and were written on a whim with the thought "We'll just figure these out in the next movie!" It's even all the more confusing as the much-better, earlier "Halloween II" literally was just an expansion on the last film, but was handled with just enough care as to still feel fresh and unique on its own.The strengths of the film lay in the performances of the fairly excellent cast. Pleasence as always is a joy as the increasingly unhinged Dr. Loomis, and he brings a certain degree of class and gravitas to the role despite the sub-par material. Harris makes for a great child actor and an easily likable hero who you can't help but root for. And supporting roles by the likes of Ellie Cornell and Wendy Kaplan do what they can with their limited screen time, emerging as likable supporting characters to our leads.Still, it feels that director Dominique Othenin-Girard and the small army of screenwriters are simply going through the motions here. It's just a rinse-and-repeat cycle of establishing characters, putting them into secluded spots and watching them get axed off while they have sex or do morally dubious things. Even the somewhat silly but interesting idea of Jamie having a psychic connection to her uncle is a bit off and feels like a last-minute addition to try and add a ticking-clock element to a few scenes. And I hope you like sequel baiting! Because that's gonna happen... a lot. Even early in the film, so I'm not spoiling anything.As it stands, while it may not be the worst of the franchise, "Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers" is perhaps the most dull. It's merely a cash-grab that was created to hopefully lead to even more cash-grabs in the future.And so, I give it a somewhat sub-par 4 out of 10.