The W-boys 'make tricks' for delicious delight

Rating: Null/10 (29 May 2003)

Not for a long time, certainly not since the culmination of the 'Beverley Hills Cop' trilogy, have I felt thus over a sequel. More fights, more laughs, more cars (indeed *some* cars, if we are to define 'cars' as 'cars that have a part to play in the film'), all contributing to a well-formed tasty morsel of wham-bam summer entertainment that deftly introduces themes of Idealist philosophy and the illusion of free will (cf. Honderich 1988, Satre 'Existentialism and Humanism' 1948). Like a junk-food banquet where the starters are all nunchucks and by the time you've tucked in your napkin, your brains are on the floor.
In the advice of this humble reviewer, go sign yourself up to Matrix camp and before you go, take care to pack your brain - since heavy dialogue comes thick and fast and the directors aren't afraid to be 'in your face' with their philosophy. Indeed, Monica Belluci proves she can act in yet another language.
The film is full of surprises. I won't ruin it, only expect the unexpected, rather as Bond did in the hall of mirrors at the end of 'The Man With The Golden Gun'. Instead of Christopher Lee guiding you, however, there are other shadowy characters, and explosions, and bullet time here and there that will remind you where 'Scary Movie' went all wrong. This is more than an action film, though of course it is an action film. It is a way of life.