Gee it took them a long time to waste this opportunity.

Rating: 3/10 (20 February 2018)

You know it's a bad movie when you start wondering how long you've been watching it. That doesn't mean that it's terrible, I'm sure there's a decent movie in this dragged out mess. There are some intriguing ideas, some well thought out conundrums but everything gets lost in overly long, drawn out scenes that add nothing. I would wager that nearly every scene could have been trimmed by at least four minutes and the movie would've actually worked.
This movie is a prime example of lost talent. Everyone from the top down probably thought that they were creating something epic and meaningful and forgot that it should be slightly entertaining. It's a dystopia, we get it. It's a story of morality, we get it. Now move the freaking story along. About a third of the way through this snoozefest, I turned to my friend and said "I don't care about any of these characters." Two thirds of the way through I said "Is this still on?" which was soon followed by "Why is this still on?" and, inevitably, "When will this thing end?"
If you're waiting to see this film, wait a little longer for the "Not the Director's Cut" or the "Abridged so it's Watchable" version. Or, if you're feeling nostalgic, just watch the original which has a sense of pacing. This sequel is only destined to be a classic lesson on hubris and delusions of self-importance.