Lazy Writing, but Good Effects

Rating: 5/10 (12 October 2003)

When I first saw Reloaded, I was a little bit disappointed. Yes I thought the graphics and effects were absolutely killer, but I felt that the brothers got sloppy in the script department. A good movie, in my mind, is one that can stand alone. Even the middle volumes of other trilogies have done this (see Star Wars, and Godfather.) But I felt that this movie really lacked the consistency and immediacy of the first one. In this film it seems as if the brothers knew that everyone had seen the first, and so a rehash was unnecessary, and they figured that they were going to make a third, so they didn't feel a need to wrap up any ends. This to me is lazy writing that mars an otherwise killer film.