Max (Nick Stahl) is a man recovering from the loss of his fiancée as a result of a car accident. In an attempt to get his life back on track, Max accepts a job at the Mayflower Department store which his father, Jack (William Katt), has refurbished using some of the original features of the previously derelict building. The opening for a security guard had recently come about due to a gruesome and mysterious "accident" left the previous guard unable to work anymore.
Upon taking the position, Max begins to see strange things moving in the mirrors of the building and beyond. As department store staff begin to succumb to disturbing ends, Max begins to piece together links to a larger mystery with the help of Elizabeth (Emmanuelle Vaugier), who's missing sister (Stephanie Honoré Sanchez) may be the key to the grim goings on.
A surprisingly good sequel to 2008's excellent jump fest. Although the second film doesn't enjoy quite as polished effects, it enjoys some good character interaction and some effective gore. The mirror harbingers of each death are as disturbing as the original, although once or twice the actions were less effective due to cartoonish style of gore, however, the actual resultant character deaths are, in the main, realistic and gruesome.
A fun, if a little "by the numbers" plot which keeps a good pace and strong leads from Stahl and Vaugier.
[image: Regency Enterprises, et al]
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