Admittedly more entertaining than the last entry, but still lacking any wit, decency, or effort- Home Alone 5 is yet another bland sequel of a franchise that should have died off two decades ago. There is little joy to be had during this film, in fact most of the joy I had watching it came rather ironically. The film is obviously aimed towards kids, but it tries far too hard doing so, providing some truly cringeworthy moments and many over the top and dramatic performances. Christian Martyn as Finn Baxter, aka the lead kid in the film, is absolutely God awful- and his forced gamer backstory seems like the laziest piece of character development I have seen in a very long time. The actors playing the parents, whose names I am too lazy to look up at the moment, were also far over the top and so forced that it was almost unbearable to even look at the screen when they were on it. The script is a convoluted mess that you won't care about, or remember the moment the movie ends. It's another schluck filled, gullible criminal extravaganza that simply provides gags that are incredibly unlikely or already been done before in some way or another. In the end, Home Alone 5 wasn't quite the travesty that Home Alone 4 was, but it certainly does come close enough.
My Rating: 1.75/10
