Onlinewsma
Absolutely Brilliant!
Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
Matho
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
TerribleKatherine
I have come to known Japanese horror movies as a form of art. This piece of tihs is a below average American horror movie, it just happens to be made in Japan. Absolutely nothing even remotely scary happens, just another movie that benefits from Paranormal Activity's success. A prime example of how easy it is to fool the audiences to watch a dozen horrible sequel- prequel- bs when the first one is actually some what decent a movie. I have completely given up on all of the PA-movies, even the 2nd one was garbage. The only reason why I give this 2 instead of 1/10, is the fact that it is in Japanese and filmed in Japan. But still this makes as much sense as the American ones; e.g. if your sister and/or sister's room is haunted and you want to protect her, why do you sleep in your own room like 2 floors down? You talk about leaving the house but you don't, why won't you? Your sister walks around loudly and you don't wake up on the noise? BS.No more this, now I will release myself of the horrible franchise that is Paranormal Asstivity. Gomennasai, Arigato gozaimasu.
dutchchocolatecake
I think one reason why people didn't like PA4 is because it seemed so random and without reason that "Robby" would come over to stay at the neighbor's house while Katie was in the hospital. Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night fills in this gap.This is a fairly slow moving movie, but I enjoyed it. I think if the version I watched had better subtitles, I might have concentrated less on what was trying to be conveyed and more on the characters. I am giving this a 10 star rating because it does not deserve 5.0 stars at all.The ending is very freaky for sure. I don't scare easily either. I like how they spliced the footage from the house and the footage from the morgue to finish it. I think multi-footage adds some realism to the genre.
Argemaluco
After so many North American remakes of Japanese horror films, it was fair to see the roles reversed: a Japanese remake of a North American horror film. Well, to be fair, I do not know if Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night is in fact a remake, or a sequel, or a prequel, or a re-imagination or some kind of parallel version of Paranormal Activity, because even though its screenplay includes a slight connection to that film, I found it so weak and forced that it could have been added at the last moment, as a "legal precaution" in order to avoid demands. For the rest, the film is a badly done copy which imitates the style, rhythm and "jump scenes" from the successful original movie.Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night emphasizes its Asian "taste" with some cultural (like the constant reverences from the characters), architectural (like the strange design from the house in which the story is developed) and religious details, but leaving that aside, it does not bring anything new to the established formula, and it feels more like an imitation of Paranormal Activity than as a sequel (or prequel or whatever it is...I already spoke about that). Director Toshikazu Nagae tried to copy the methodic rhythm achieved by Oren Peli in the original movie, but he could not achieve that because of the bad performances, hollow atmosphere and total lack of suspense and emotion.As for the narrative background, it is also pretty poor. Besides of the previously mentioned connection to Paranormal Activity (which did not convince me at all), the screenplay did not bother to invent explanations nor to establish a logical sequence of causes and consequences which could have might brought some personality to the "ghost" (or demon, or whatever it is). One of the things I most liked in Paranormal Activity was the fact that it brought a clear and threatening identity to the supernatural elements which stalked the characters. Nothing of that happens in Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night; the things happen without a real sensation of dramatic progression, while the arbitrary ending looks like an improvised trick to prolong the mystery and impact us with its "creativity". Bad luck...it only makes the movie more irritating.In conclusion, I cannot recommend Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night because of its many negative elements, starting by its poor screenplay and even worse execution. I cannot believe I am going to say this, but I think that even the inclusion of a classic ghost woman with a long black hair would have improved the experience.
bearfaceproductions
Well... I saw that many people have different views of this movie. Just like the other American Paranormal Activity movies, this one has its pros and cons.In some aspects it's a little better than the American Version, but in other aspects it's not as good. When it comes to scary, it delivers pretty much the same amount of frights (and if not somewhat better). When it comes to the story, it drives off from the original story into a new one that doesn't seem so creative. There were some surprising new elements into this installment, some that were good and some that were not as much. The ending was a bit weird, but I thought that was better than the original American ending. I just wish that the script wasn't so rushed. In short, some aspects are better and some aren't (I wouldn't say worst), yet it's a fine entry to the Paranormal Activity saga, I just think it was a bit unnecessary to do this semi-sequel/semi-remake. But some people differ from this opinion saying it's better than the American Version and some prefer the American one. But this is just my point of view, I think I'll stick to the American version, though I wouldn't mind seeing another Japanese installment.
