And just the fact that Home Alone 4 has a “living it up” phase is an improvement on Home Alone 3, which completely did away with that crucial part of the franchise’s fantasy formula. Home Alone 4‘s gizmo is Natalie’s voice-activated house, which is a cute gimmick, at first functioning as pure opulence while Kevin is living it up in luxury, commanding the house to do things, and then playing several parts in Kevin’s traps for Marv and Vera. Home Alone 3‘s was the remote control car. Home Alone 2‘s central gizmo was Kevin’s voice recorder/modulator. Prescott’s unlikability serves a nice double-purpose, as the character is a red herring (Kevin believes him at first to be involved with Marv and Vera), which also makes him the Old Man Marely equivalent in the film - Kevin must learn the truth about Prescott, after which the two team up against the criminals. Unlike Hector, Prescott is actively hostile towards Kevin, with no good reason, so Kevin’s return hostility towards him feels earned. Hector did in Home Alone 2, though with more organic purpose. Prescott serves a very similar role in Home Alone 4 as Tim Curry’s Mr. All-purpose Middle Easterner/Indian Erick Avari’s character Mr. Jason Beghe and Clare Carey, and their respective subplots, are significantly more interesting than what we got in Home Alone 3 (though that isn’t saying much, admittedly, given that the parents had no subplots). But Kevin is going to stop them the only way he knows how… violence. So, uh, Galaxy Quest‘s Missi Pyle), who want to kidnap the little prince or whatever he is.
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This has attracted one half of the Wet Bandits, Marv ( Stargate‘s French Stewart), and his wife, Vera (dammit! No horror movie credits. Coincidentally, Peter and Natalie are going to be playing host to a royal family (huh?) who themselves have a kid Kevin’s age. Prescott ( The Mummy‘s Erick Avari I was lying, I’m starting again).
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When Buzz pisses Kevin off, Kevin hops in a cab to go stay with Peter and Natalie in their giant sweet mansion, full of sweet technology and a not-so-sweet butler, Mr. His parents’ separation has left Kevin upset, not because his parents aren’t together anymore so much as because it will fuck up his perfect Xmas. His family seems to have lost a noticeable amount of money, which likely played some part in why his father, Peter ( Monkey Shines Jason Beghe), has left Kate ( Waxwork‘s Clare Carey) to shack up with a wealthy rich-bitch named Natalie ( Phantoms‘ Joanna Going okay, I’ll stop listing horror credits for everyone). His two other older siblings, Linnie and Jeff, have winked completely out of existence (I like to think because of a wish Kevin made that he then never un-made). If you had been wondering whatever happened to Kevin McCallister and the rest of the McCallister clan, you’re in luck cause we find out here! Kev (now played by Mike Weinberg) has de-aged, as have his older siblings Buzz and Megan.
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The series spans four films, from 1990 to 2002. The franchise’s hallmarks are the clever ruses and cartoon violence that our lil’ hero uses against the adult antagonists. The Franchise: Home Alone - a “themed franchise” dealing with scenarios in which a small boy winds up alone in an adult world where he must fend for himself while also being pitted against the nefarious activities of adults. I have donned my sweats and taken up cinema’s gauntlet. But a champion has risen from the rabble to defend us. And any film, no matter how seemingly stand-alone, conclusive, or inappropriate to sequel, could generate an expansive franchise. Horror, action, comedy, sci-fi, western, no genre is safe.
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