"After barely surviving his grievous wounds from his mission in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tyler Rake is back, and his team is ready to take on their next mission."
I loved the first one, reminded me of a proper 90s straight up action film. Looking forward to this being on the same level, hopefully it doesn't turn out to be dirty ass like so many sequels do.
The first one got excellent reviews all round but I just couldn't get into it. Tried 2 or 3 times and always ended up switching it off. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood. Will try one more time.
Not as good as the first, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The action in this was turned all the way up, videogame levels up at times.
People hating on the teenage boy for being a little shit are being kinda silly, it's literally the character. He's a shitty teenager who grew up in a shit situation and he doesn't think beyond his immediate feelings.
Idris Elba was wasted in this, brilliant actor, giving a tiny role anyone could have done.
[SPOILER - highlight to read]: Bring on part three
That "being the character " doesn't negate the fact that his actions got multiple people hurt and killed and he ignored what was right in his face. He was there for his [SPOILER - highlight to read]: mom getting abused and his dad being shitty and him LITERALLY STICKING THEM IN A PRISON CELL FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS so that he wouldn't be lonely.
Then he ignores his mom and Rake telling him his dad was gonna kill his mom despite witnessing the verbal and physical abuse the entire time they're locked up and asks his uncle despite knowing there was no way he'd have a clue since he wasnt there.
And after he gives them up, surprise surprise, his uncle is an evil bastard and shows him he was that way all along. And after all that, he gets off scot free and gets put in WitSec. Doesn't even get a stern talking to for all his bullshit and getting Yaz killed. If anything I'd say he was designed to be hated because you can't be that much of a shit on accident.
Last edited by KingD19 on Jun 20th, 2023 at 12:32 AM
I agree the movie wouldn't have been a movie if Sandro hadn't been Sandro. They just would've safely gotten out of the prison and gone home. And the type of character he is is tailor made to bring out the anger in people. And Sandro's so good at it multiple outlets are reporting about how much people hated him. People are hating on him in droves on twitter, etc...
Even factoring in his history, he makes several incredibly stupid choices. And I think the crux of the issue isn't that he does all these things. It's that he does these things, gets away without a single injury while other people around him crash and burn, and then there are no consequences for him whatsoever at the end. If he at least had some sort of redemption arc or character growth, people wouldn't be so upset.
This was decent. Not exactly the renaissance of action films some reviewers are making it out to be but decent. Gareth Evans and Chad Stahelski are still better at doing this kind of action. Arguably Ilya Naishuller as well.
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