Painful to watch

Rating: 2/10 (28 March 2007)

A huge dip down in quality from the first one. It's so obviously trying to repeat the success of it, so much so that it mimics practically everything about it. Problem is, it's all terribly done and feels incredibly forced. Willis' one-liners are groan-worthy here, and unfortunately scripted - the ad-libbing was what made the first one great. The acting is pretty bad across the board, as none of the cast seemed to be taking the movie seriously; the story is pretty terrible, which would account for that. The action scenes are thrilling, but so over-the-top ridiculous (like the ejector seat bit) that it renders them silly. There's a line between unrealistic and ridiculous, and this film doesn't even bother to look back. It's truly painful to watch at times.