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His humor makes the film a bit lighter than the others. Hector is seen as the comic relief in the first half with his vulgar language and his “Jackass” antics, attempting to mimic Jesse’s levitation tricks and failing miserably. Jesse and Hector have perfect chemistry with each other, while Marisol seems like the third wheel. The footage was shaky and barely focused on the subject at hand, instead switching from the protagonists’ reactions to the scary events, which didn’t give the audience a chance to grasp what was going on. However, it feels like it was shot by a five-year-old. However, instead of planted cameras, “The Marked Ones” is less static, entirely captured by Hector using a camcorder that was supposedly given to Jesse as a high school graduation present. The format is still exactly the same as the previous films. Other than that, the scares were extremely similar to the rest of the franchise - and any other found-footage film, for that matter. The one scene that did work was when Jesse and Hector break into his neighbor’s apartment and find some surprising terrors behind a hidden door. It’s been done over and over again but the cheap scares still manage to affect everyone. However, at this point, it’s nothing new and almost predictable - such as a demonic figure suddenly appearing out of nowhere or behind the protagonist. This was their signature move in their past four films and it’s their signature move in this one. The “Paranormal Activity” crew has perfected the art of scaring audiences with no background noise at all. He is the luckiest kid in the world, until the powers start growing more malevolent and change him for the worst. He’s able to do levitation tricks and throw bullies long distances like Superman. Unlike the first four films, which utilized the concept of supernatural presences stalking the inhabitants of the household, this movie features tangible effects as Jesse gets an animal-like bite mark on his arm and develops strange powers from it. Following the death of their mysterious neighbor, Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) and his friends Hector (Jorge Diaz) and Marisol (Gabrielle Walsh) break into her apartment and find evidence of satanic worship - something familiar to the prior titles in the “Paranormal Activity” franchise. Instead of haunted houses, this spin-off focuses on the series’ mythology. Despite the change of scenery, the scares are still the same, and the only new element is so ridiculous that the next “Paranormal Activity” film will have a hard time trying to tie everything together. However, in “Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones,” Christopher Landon, the writer and director for the previous films, decided to introduce some diversity and change the setting to a working-class neighborhood in Oxnard, Calif. Demonic presences in WASPy suburban neighborhoods get really old after four movies. From haunted houses to witches, the creators of the “Paranormal Activity” series never know when to throw in the towel.
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