What a bad, bad, BAD movie. Barely an acceptable over-the-top action movie, worst that it thinks it's more than that. Erg, taking pop shots at the U.S. like some simpleton without any real-world understanding is perfectly okay. I don't mind people who get their "information" off the Internet making political statements, that's the price of living in our beloved "Information Age".
But oh dear, is BR2 bad. And I mean BAD. Coming off the first film, you'd think there would be more substance, not this terrible film where the action breaks so characters can have their "Big Moment" where they get to put to use all those groovy techniques they learned in drama class. Puh-leeze. I've seen better acting and better writing in a Junior High School play.
Here's a biggie: If the Japanese Government knows where the terrorists are hiding, and they're being pressured by the Big Bad Americans to deal with the issue, why do they send a bunch of high school kids that they have to FORCE in the first place? And these terrorists just blew up two big buildings and killed a bunch of civilians to boot? Duh! If the terrorists are holed up in a island, why not just bomb the blasted place? Or send some jets overhead with some napalm? You'd think this was obvious! But I guess not, because they send in a bunch of high school kids to deal with such a big threat!
You know, I can suspend my disbelief as well as the next mindless moviegoer, but when I'm at least 200 IQs ahead of a movie, there's a problem, people.
I could have done without the exploitation of 9/11. You know, there's a difference between making a good movie that makes people think, and making a crappy movie that exploits tragedies so you can sell some extra movie tickets. Shameless, I tell you.
But oh dear, is BR2 bad. And I mean BAD. Coming off the first film, you'd think there would be more substance, not this terrible film where the action breaks so characters can have their "Big Moment" where they get to put to use all those groovy techniques they learned in drama class. Puh-leeze. I've seen better acting and better writing in a Junior High School play.
Here's a biggie: If the Japanese Government knows where the terrorists are hiding, and they're being pressured by the Big Bad Americans to deal with the issue, why do they send a bunch of high school kids that they have to FORCE in the first place? And these terrorists just blew up two big buildings and killed a bunch of civilians to boot? Duh! If the terrorists are holed up in a island, why not just bomb the blasted place? Or send some jets overhead with some napalm? You'd think this was obvious! But I guess not, because they send in a bunch of high school kids to deal with such a big threat!
You know, I can suspend my disbelief as well as the next mindless moviegoer, but when I'm at least 200 IQs ahead of a movie, there's a problem, people.
I could have done without the exploitation of 9/11. You know, there's a difference between making a good movie that makes people think, and making a crappy movie that exploits tragedies so you can sell some extra movie tickets. Shameless, I tell you.