10 (excellent)

Rating: 10/10 (14 July 2006)

Fantastic! Sublime! Great great great film.
Why it is only #15 when its predecessor Casablanca is #5 is beyond my comprehension. Casablanca set this film up so it should be in the top 250 but only #245 or something and not #5. Not unless you make this one #4 to illustrate its superiority over its predecessor Casablanca.
Obviously at the end of Casablanca we hear that the usual suspects are about to be rounded up. Fast forward 50 years and they finally got the funding to round them up.
Boy was it a good sequel. Its right up their with other great sequels like Shrek 2 Terminator 2 and Strikes back. Its really got more than the first one whilst keeping what made the first one the first one.
Also this film has a pretty good ending.
But really great sequel to Cassablanca I have to say. Obivously not too many similarities but their is no doubt in my mind its been penned by the author as the sequel. The idea behind the film comes from wanting to conclude Cassablanca obviously.
I think its the modern version of Cassblanca. Still keeping the theme of rounding up the usual suspects except removing the romance and adding violence. Pure genius. Pure genius. All art would be served well if more artists removed all romantic connotations and replaced them with violence. I know they'd put more bums on seats and thats what art is all about in my opinion. Bums on seats.
Special interest group art is dumb and for culture vultures. We don't need art like this in society. We need more bums on seats art. Like NASCAR.