Big on budget, short on imagination

Rating: 5/10 (16 May 2003)

I don't want to spoil it for anybody so I'll keep away from plot details, but I think the first movie worked much better. A good movie deserves a bigger budget for its sequel, yes, but not at the expense of the storyline. Elaborate sets, costumes, and action scenes do not add up to a good movie unless they're backed by a solid script. IMHO, the fight scenes were good but seemed to go on just a little bit too long. Then you'd have a long scene with two people talking on and on and those seemed to go on for a little bit too long. The movie just didn't "flow" for me and for most of the group of friends I saw it with.