Mirrors dealt with the large Mayflower department store in New York City which was to be re-opened after a devastating fire. Vengeful spirits lurked in the mirrors, killing several people. As Mirrors 2 opens, the story has been moved to New Orleans where a new location of Mayflower is going to be opened. One of the mirrors from the store in New York has been relocated to this new setting. Max Matheson (Nick Stahl), whose father Jack (William Katt) is overseeing the store, gets a job as a night watchman at the store. Max is trying to get his life back on track following a car accident which took the life of his fiancee. As Max patrols the store, he sees odd images in the mirrors and hears strange noises. As the same time, store employees begin to die in horrible ways. Max's visions in the mirrors grow stronger and he realizes that he's seeing the same woman over and over. Tracking down her identity will unveil a mystery would could result in more deaths.

Again, Mirrors 2 is a sequel in name only, as we get all new characters and a new location. Storywise, the only connection to the first film is that a mirror from the store seen in the first film has been brought to the new store. Otherwise, Mirrors 2 could have existed on its own. Yes, there are some references to the first film, such as the handprints which appear on the other side of the mirror, but this is a film which one could watch and understand without ever having seen the first movie.

Now, would you enjoy it? That's another question entirely. Even for a sequel, Mirrors 2 is derivative and unoriginal. The script by Matt Venne contains so many cliches that one has to wonder if he was working from a checklist, such as the fact that Max is the stereotypical "guy with a dark past who starts seeing weird things and no one will believe him". All of the killings are telegraphed and predictable. When the spirit appears in the mirrors, it's never surprising, because we know it's going to be there. The script's weird structure doesn't help things either. The first kill happens to a character whom we just met, so other than the graphic nature of it (more on that in a moment), this has no effect on us. The "mystery" of what is happening in the store is suddenly revealed through a flashback and it all feels very anti-climactic.

The least that one could hope for from a movie like Mirrors 2 is some jump scares, but we don't even get those. However, there is one shocking scene in the film. Christy Carlson Romano, here going by simply Christy Romano, is the victim of the first kill. You may remember her from the Disney Channel show Even Stevens, or as the voice of Kim Possible. Well, she's definitely left her Disney career behind. I hate to sound like Mr. Skin here, but she's totally nude in the scene and it seems to go on forever. Somehow going from Disney darling to taking it off for a direct-to-video horror sequel seems like a step down.

Mirrors 2 shows that chewing glass is bad, but not fatal, on Blu-ray Disc courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The image has been letterboxed at 1.78:1 and Disc contains an AVC 1080p HD transfer which runs at an average of 25 Mbps. The image is very sharp and clear, showing no distracting grain and no defects from the source material. The movie contains a lot of dark scenes, but the image is never overly dark and the action is always visible. The colors look very good in the daytime shots, which also show a nice amount of depth. The Disc offers a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which runs at 48 kHz and an average of 4.0 Mbps. The track provides clear dialogue and sound effects. The stereo effects are pretty good, as they alert us to action off-screen. The surround sound effects work well, most notably during the ghost scenes. These effects are well-placed and show good separation. The subwoofer effects are wall-shaking at times.

The Mirrors 2 Blu-ray Disc contains a few extras. "The Other Side: Making Mirrors 2" (10 minutes) contains comments from the filmmakers and cast, as well as on-set footage. I liked the fairly frank talk from the producers who talk about why they were chosen for the project. (It's interesting to note that Christy Romano is interviewed before her shower scene...) "Keeping it Real: The Visual and Special Effects of Mirrors 2" (13 minutes) takes us behind-the-scenes to see how some of the gore effects and mirror effects were created, accompanied by comments from the effects artists. The Disc contains two DELETED SCENES which run about 2 minutes. Neither of these are worth watching, unless you want to see that the date on the security camera doesn't match the date mentioned in the movie. "The Woman in the Mirror" is a bizarre feature where, while watching the movie, a picture-in-picture box will appear showing us the scene reversed and with a greenish tint. The most interesting extra is included on the DVD which comes packaged with the Blu-ray Disc. The DVD contains Into the Mirror, the 2003 Korean film which served as an inspiration for Mirrors. (Which raises two questions: Why wasn't this included on the Mirrors Blu-ray Disc? And why don't we get the original included with all remakes?) The movie is certainly interesting, as it's similar, but quiet different from Mirrors, but it's not good enough for me to recommend getting the Mirrors 2 Blu-ray just to see it.