Chapter 2”: It has a sort of video game logic, one in which fetch quests substitute for action or plot and the weakness of a giant final boss must be discovered and exploited; it is repetitive ...

We get to see a grotesque, abominable mashup of Pennywise and the giant spider-crab, which stalks the Losers like the final boss of a video game. And it's impressive how not goofy it looks ...

In Chapter 2, however, the cracks in the concept begin to show, and ultimately, the final chapter fails to maintain the spark of the first, succumbing to a dangerous cocktail of muddled timelines ...