I've read both good and bad reviews of this movie and I was still excited to see it. Most negative reviews pointed the distance from the original this movie took while the good enjoyed the exaggerated killings and the silliness of the entire movie.
What I didn't understand is what made the original so good. Now I know. Just like a joke needs a little truth in it to be funny a movie needs to take itself a little serious, at least at some point. This movie doesn't respect itself enough to even end.
There were a couple parts that were funny and "I got the humor." It was just insulting to watch. I gave it 3 stars for the humor and would have given it 2 more had it not ended sooo badly. It is a prequel, to spoil the movie for you (I did check that this contained spoilers).
The acting was good and the film was of high quality. Since I was expecting it to be Over-The-Top, I won't complain about it. If it was done a little more sparingly I think it would have been better. But I couldn't help feel I was cheated for watching this movie. I stayed an extra 5 minutes after the movie ended to try and get my money's worth from the theater.
What I didn't understand is what made the original so good. Now I know. Just like a joke needs a little truth in it to be funny a movie needs to take itself a little serious, at least at some point. This movie doesn't respect itself enough to even end.
There were a couple parts that were funny and "I got the humor." It was just insulting to watch. I gave it 3 stars for the humor and would have given it 2 more had it not ended sooo badly. It is a prequel, to spoil the movie for you (I did check that this contained spoilers).
The acting was good and the film was of high quality. Since I was expecting it to be Over-The-Top, I won't complain about it. If it was done a little more sparingly I think it would have been better. But I couldn't help feel I was cheated for watching this movie. I stayed an extra 5 minutes after the movie ended to try and get my money's worth from the theater.