I remember hearing a lot of positive things about The Gate, but walking away from it mostly apathetic. Due to a lack of choices, I gave the sequel a try, and the result wasn't too appauling.

Our protagonist is one of the kids from the first movie who can't seem to let the experience go. He holds a demonic seance to revisit the "other side" and ends up meeting a bully, his toadie, and the overly invested girlfriend played by Pamela Adlon (as Pamela Segall).

She sure was a cutie back then, wasn't she? What's funny about this is that she's romantically interested in our progatonist, and this dude is a fucking nerd. By no means is he a leading man, but he's been shoe-horned into that position and this movie feels awkward because of it. She seems to eat up everything this guy says or does, and he isn't charming in the least.

The plot kicks in pretty quickly when the seance brings a little minion (not the yellow fucks from Disney, but a little imp) to our world and on-and-off capture and fight the little thing in exchange for wishes that tend to go bad. The animation effects are still pretty cool, often stop-motion, but there could stand to be a few more fo them.

The movie never does anything too dramatic and is definitely not worthy of an R-rating. It tries to pack a punch at the end, but the "punch" is completely ineffective and negated to keep this movie a somewhat light-hearted turd.