Aladdin's Revenge (2026)

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  d_riptide

  2 / 10

  Ok, I’m gonna dispense with the niceties because I’m practically beating a dead horse with another dead horse at this point. 𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣’𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚 isn’t a sequel so much as it’s a hangover that refuses to end no matter how sober you’ve gotten; if the first film was coma-inducing, this one is like the second flatline.⁣
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  I—I don’t have it in me to do a full-length review this time; everything I already said and tore apart in the first Aladdin, you’re better off copy and pasting it verbatim here because outside the paper-thin contextual layering tying all of these broken characters to the same place and the downright depressing reality of the ending that I would’ve cared much more about if I actually give a shit about any of these ciphers, the movie is exactly the damn same as perviously. From the first frame onward, its mission statement is simply recycle the exact same logistical map but turn every dial that was already at “anemic” down to “clinical flatline”: four new half-animated mannequins, zero production value, meandering direction that does nothing but spin its wheels, barely any story, aggressively mediocre acting, painfully dull tone, inconsequential sound and production design AHOY. It’s a never-ending list.⁣
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  And the few changes that were made, technically speaking, were somehow for the worse. This film is only 9 minutes shorter than the first film, clocking in at an hour and 16 minutes and it still feels like fourteen fiscal quarters, it’s somehow more egregious and shameless in its AI usage, visual effects are now twice as hokey and obvious, and Simone Cilio is nowhere near as excessive with his Arabic-inspired composition here but the end result neuters it into a more generic horror movie score.⁣
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  Whereas Billy Blair took home the award for “Best Acting by default”, this time the award goes to Celena Rae. It’s also apparent that Devanny Pinn is trying much harder this time—there were maybe two instances where she’s torturing someone that her performance felt half-believable as a survivor just fed up with everything—but as the lead, she still isn’t all that good. ⁣
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