It opens with Kris Aquino reprising her character Joy and recalling the death of her husband (Jay Manalo) and two kids in the first movie. She has now moved on and has a new boyfriend, Ian Veneracion. Then the movie leaves her and focuses on Coco Martin as Lester, a petty thief who steals the cursed bagwa which initially brings good luck then ushers in a lot misfortune. Coco and his parents (Carmi Martin and Rez Cortez) are able to leave their poor shack and moved to a new house in a fairly classy subdivision. And that’s where his parents die, one by one.
The wise man who knows all about the mystery of the bagwa, Master Liao (Joonee Gamboa), tells them how to fight the bagwa’s curse. Kris, Coco and another character (Cherry Pie Picache) should join forces and destroy the bagwa together. But Cherry Pie gets too greedy and pays for it, dearly. Will Coco and Kris succeed in their mission?
The element we like the most in the film is the final scene, which makes fun of social media. Beauty Gonzalez, Coco’s love interest, takes a photo of the diabolical bagwa and shares it on her cellphone. We know anyone who looks at the bagwa gets cursed. And then you several people start liking what Beauty shared with them. And so the curse goes on.
“Feng Shui 2” has its share of boo moments, like when the ghost of Rez Cortez suddenly springs in front of Coco, but none of them is as intensely effective than the scare factors used in the original. The best sequence in the first one, the death of Lotlot de Leon (who represents the year of the horse in zodiac signs) with the “kabayo ng plantsa” and Red Horse Beer being used for irony, is repeated here in the death scenes of Rez and Ian de Lon (representing the year of the rabbit), but the overall impact is not as exciting, even with the use of Red Rabbit Rat Killer.
The most amusing scene for us is when Ian Veneracion accidentally shoots Coco and is insisting to take him to a hospital when everyone’s immediate concern is destroying the bagwa. Joonee Gamboa then slaps Ian hard and the audience laughs approvingly.
Coco tries hard to remind everyone that he is a Drama King in teleseryes and really dramatizes every scene he is in with his soap style of acting. Kris has one “nagugulumihanan” expression all throughout the movie. We cringe when we hear people saying she might win a best actress award. It’s good the jurors have better judgment this time. But the best performance in the movie is by Carmi Martin who is so effortless as Coco’s drunkard mom, with Cherry Pie coming close as the epitome of greed.
