Daniel Pearl, the cinematographer from the original, returns for this film, and Pearl knocks it out of the park. The cinematography has a great natural, haunted, Texas vibe. Like an evil Terrence Malick. Pearl and director Marcus Nispel put together very legit shots and sequences that are worthy of Hooper (very high praise here as Hooper is a GOAT).
The plot stuff mostly consists of dumb characters making dumb decisions. But if you're watching a TCM film for the plot,…