It held such big promise. Where did it go all wrong?

Rating: 7/10 (14 January 2008)

I thought the first movie was perfect. It had bent the rules of the genre, but this second installment of the series, after a twist-filled beginning, fell back on Hollywood clichÃ©s. Like the machine that knew not human emotions. How original. Why didn't they run Shortcut instead - No. 5 was much cuter! Then there's the misogynist streak, where the boy puts the mother in her place. Reminds you of Jesus, doesn't it? Then, you get the "scientists are the problems" speech. We all know that the H-bomb wasn't used, so why bring it into the picture? Why not discuss the fact that the only time nuclear weapons were used, it was used by America to intimidate the commis (not the Japanese) in a war started by a nation that revered their king as God (yes, the Japanese). In other words, religion, not science, started the Asian theater of combat. Why not talk about that? A statistic to be thankful for: 70% of scientists in America and 90% of the most brilliant ones are atheists. I'd assume it's higher in other countries.