Where's the twist?

Rating: 5/10 (6 February 2005)

So you know Danny and the boys are going to win out in the end and well in to the film they don't seem to be doing well. This is run of the mill stuff so far but the potential saviour is that you are racking your brains trying to work out how they are going to do it. Just like you knew you would have worked out 'The Usual Suspects' before the end if only your mate hadn't given it away in the pub beforehand. Sure there were some clues to the eventual outcome but it is so simple and lacking in any skill and guile (unlike the first film) that the viewer feels leaving completely short changed. Without a genuine twist this film is left with a few decent one liners and some neat acting from Pitt. What did I expect from a sequel, originality?