Lacks substance

Rating: 4/10 (20 August 2006)

I came to the theater expecting the movie to be filled with action and for the movie to have a storyline that kept me wanting to see more. The film did have it's action, and there wasn't really a break from the constant movement. The thing was that it was too filled with special effects and action sequences, it's my firm belief that effects are great unless they're overdone. Unfortunately, it was overdone. It seemed that they just wanted to push out a movie to capitalize off the previous movie's success and didn't care as long as they got it out there. It wouldn't of been as bad if the movie hadn't of been as long as it was or if it had been building towards something meaningful, but it was dragging on for no real reason. The ending was terrible as well.
So, in all, I'd say I was disappointed. The main theme of my criticism is that action is fabulous but when it's overdone it doesn't sit well in one's stomach. I'm going to see the third one hoping it recaptures some of the first film's magic, but I won't be holding the same expectations I was holding for this film.