If you weren't keen on the original,the sequel won't be any more enjoyable

Rating: Null/10 (1 October 2002)

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs
With a different director,and premise,even though I wasn't keen on the original,I thought I never know and would give the sequel a try.As it happens,it was no more enjoyable than the first.Admittently,the sequel does have a very impressive visual style to it,but the totally uninteresting story is hard to look over.The film is also way overlong,running just short of two hours,especially wrong for a sequel of all things.Another impressive quality could be the effects,but the gore and general violence is not very commendable.On the performances front,Wesley Snipes is a very believable comic book action hero and deserves better material to work with,Kris Kristofferson looks happy to be getting work and Luke Goss is suitably retro 80s band for a film with a slightly 80s look to it.But generally speaking,this is another instance when,in a year already filled to the brim with tacky,made to order sequels,style has gone over substance.**