There was no way I was going to like this movie, having hated it’s lazy, derivative, disgustingly overrated predecessor with a burning passion. But I thought it might be at least entertaining, or scary, or something. This was just tedious, with the only two half decent (and satisfyingly conflicted) characters succumbing before midway, leaving us stranded in a geographically confused central London with only a pair of horrid stage school brats and their painfully wooden, underdeveloped US military minders for company. The plotting was atrocious, there was no climax and absolutely no character, the whole thing just felt cheap and half hearted- the obvious inspiration was Aliens, but the first movie was no Alien, and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (another great director name) is certainly no Jim Cameron.
That said, there were one or two effective moments that just about raised it above the level of the first movie- a gripping opening scene, some suitably nasty business with a helicopter and a clammy moment on a tube escalator. And it’s nice to see the very wonderful Carter’s Steam Fair making it’s big screen debut.
by Tom Huddleston | Source: DVD
29 Jul 2007 5:52 PM | Submit Comment
