what the hell happened?

Rating: 1/10 (2 June 2003)

While I was a big fan of the first movie, I was startled at how incredibly BAD this movie was. True, it was packed to the brim with amazing effects, and there are a few sequences in the movie that are really impressive, but this sequel lost the charm, clarity, and conceptual neatness of the original. The dialog is ponderous, pretentious, and down-right silly. There is a painful sequence combining what looked like a beer ad shot at a caveman rave, cut together with an embarrassing love scene. The film is packed with minor, irrelevant characters (introduced in the sequel) and dull and distracting subplots. Even the action sequences all start to look like really really fancy PS2 games.
This movie is almost as bad as AI.
On the other hand, I took a certain perverse delight in the movie. If you're like me and enjoy a certain degree of silliness and pomposity, you'll suck some enjoyment from watching it. You won't completely suffer.