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A scene from Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures)
What it's about:
After being "marked," Jesse begins to be pursued by mysterious forces while his family and friends try to save him.
What the critics say:
The plot is a confusing, derivative mishmash of half-baked supernatural clichés, and the total absence of characterization makes it hard to care what happens.
- Tom Huddleston, Time Out New York
This fifth in the series further diminishes the promise of the 2007 original, replacing mystery and suspense with predictability and misogyny.
- Peter Keough, Boston Globe
There's no escaping that the found-footage phenomenon has gone from fresh and original to just plain annoying.
- Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
The Latino cast gives the movie a fresh, modern feel, but the underlying formula is becoming unacceptably stale.
- Rafer Guzman, Newsday
After being "marked," Jesse begins to be pursued by mysterious forces while his family and friends try to save him.
What the critics say:
The plot is a confusing, derivative mishmash of half-baked supernatural clichés, and the total absence of characterization makes it hard to care what happens.
- Tom Huddleston, Time Out New York
This fifth in the series further diminishes the promise of the 2007 original, replacing mystery and suspense with predictability and misogyny.
- Peter Keough, Boston Globe
There's no escaping that the found-footage phenomenon has gone from fresh and original to just plain annoying.
- Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
The Latino cast gives the movie a fresh, modern feel, but the underlying formula is becoming unacceptably stale.
- Rafer Guzman, Newsday
