Review Written By Michael J. Ruhland
Michael's Movie Grade: D-
Review: This movie has a typical and cliché storyline for a mindless action film. Despite that the film takes itself much to seriously to be any fun. While many mindless action movies contain just as many clichés and plot contrivances seen here, they know what they are and that their plots are just plain old silly and let the audiences have fun with what they are watching. This film denies us such pleasure because everything about this movie make us believe that we are actually supposed to take the clichés constantly thrown at us very seriously. A big important speech at the beginning and end of this film perfectly shows the problem with this movie. This speech seems like it is trying to convey some thought provoking message, while any such message is largely absent from this movie.
Not helping the movie is that the main characters from the last film return. The characters were easily the weakest part of the last movie as they are completely bland and without anything resembling personality. The only thing that has changed here is the rest of the movie is just as bland as them.
The only thing that kind of works about this film is the character of a little girl. She may not be a complex character but she is likable and we want her to make it out alive. Her being threatened is the only part of the movie to create some real suspense.
Overall this movie could have easily benefited from either being treated less seriously or giving us something to take seriously. As this movie does neither the whole film just comes off as dull and with little merit. Heck the film couldn't even come up with a good use for Geraldine Chaplin (not only Charlie's daughter but a great actress in her own right.)
-Michael J. Ruhland
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