Rubbish, not even entertaining rubbish

Rating: 2/10 (2 January 2014)

This is one of the few films I've seen at the cinema recently, because a friend wanted to go. We regretted it. I hadn't seen the first film but I was right to expect that I would somehow manage to pick up the great subtleties of the story.
Set in a clichéd dystopian future, the film is stodgily paced, cringeingly acted and preposterously conceived. It's yet another example of the tendency for really bad films to resemble computer games - spinning lakes of doom! Giant man-eating baboons! Special skills! One of the many contenders for the most embarrassing feature of this festering mess is the over-stylised attempt to show the decadence of the wealthy section of society. It's been done so much better so many times that it wasn't really worth bothering, especially in a talentless cash-in like this.
Having seen and appreciated much better efforts on this theme - the original Battle Royale and the rather interesting 1960s experimental film Punishment Park - the only thing to appreciate about this one was being in a comfy seat as the nonsense dragged on.