Twelve is far far lower than 11

Rating: 3/10 (21 June 2005)

This is barely watchable by big fans of the first due to the plot line begin terrible in comparison to be fair. The twisted misdirecting which made the original so interesting is completely lost here, particularly through making Julia Roberts pretend to be herself, and the remaining gang try to get into the exhibit completely undisguised even though most of them had been seen through the door by the detective, i forget names. Also the subtitle parts (locations, dates, etc.) where all in really random fonts which changed and looked out of place, in places the editing was not only scrappy but extremely obvious, and I've never noticed it in a film before this one. The film is mildly saved by the appearance of the outstanding Eddie Izzard who puts on a very impressive performance, also he's English so thats always good too :), brilliant use of English humour. Anyways on the whole like it says, pretty darn shocking!! Saying that though, if you haven't seen the first one and are not particularly intellectual when it comes to understanding plots, i would recommend seeing it, though its still a poor film standing alone, perhaps worth a rent.