Pretty much just a bloodbath. Too many factions to care about any of them. Just as I am not a fan of movies where everything is solved by magic, having characters that can simply regenerate, diluted any real tension or investment in plot or characters. Of course, I liked the humanity of the farm sub-plot, because Park Eun-bin brings heart to any project, but even her character was poorly written (although she played it for all it’s worth). I give this movie a 5 (senseless bloodbath) out of 10. [Action Augmented Humans]
I was a bit disappointed with this movie when comparing it to the first. Don't go into this one expecting an actual sequel, this is more a side-quel. They do not progress the story of the previous main character, infact she is not in this movie apart from a single scene near the end.
In a lot of ways this movie is just a rehash of the first but with a new character, the sister of the first movies protagonist.
The fights in the third act are bigger in scope, but are a bit of a let down with the excessive CGI.
Also, I don't know why some Korean movies feel the need to include foreign, often terrible actors in their movies, and while many Koreans can speak English well, they cannot act well when speaking it, they have terrible inflection and makes the movie feel cheap and cringey. The dialogue between the female agent and the south African guy was abysmal in every scene. Really cheapens the movie.
If you liked the first movie give it a watch, but don't expect it to be better or even match it.
It felt like the whole movie was just a set up for the next one, if it happens.
Kind of a letdown given it doesn’t really extend the story from the first in a satisfactory way. Way too many teams of bad guys of no certain origin who invariably act cool by smoking and looking bored and then get their arses handed to them by someone more powerful. The main character was never even in danger once so what’s even the point? She was mute most of the time too so we never really find anything out about her. There’s no character development anywhere to be seen. The end is what should have happened in the first third of the film.
I don't know why people on here tripping. This was almost as good as the first one. CGI looked decent as well. Don't know about the rest of you picky weirdos, but I'm looking forward to the next one.
A disappointing sequel that can actually be viewed independently of the first. It has something of the "Peninsula" (2020) syndrome, an intention to be more ambitious but wasting the characters, especially an inexpressive protagonist, and her story. The action scenes were a great combination of martial arts and CGI in the first part, but in this movie they have too artificial texture, like Disney/Marvel pushing the VFX departments.
It's still pretty good, feels like i'm watching an anime in real life. There are 3 major things i can't stand though.
1. Almost everyone gives that dead look face, like they're so tough and you can't lay a finger on them. Feels like no one has their own personality.
2. The cursing!! Wth is going on with all that unnecessary swearing and cursing. I don't know if they added it in for some laughs or to make it look cool but they are definitely overusing it and it's so cringey. Especially chief, i bet every single line in her script had at least one swear word. She's defitinitely one character u wanna try to like but her dead look face, her attitude and her swearing is just unappealing.
3. Language. I don't understand why they have to throw in all the different languages. I mean fine, Chief has a foreign colleague/partner so she communicates in english (which isn't half bad) but mandarin????? It was sooooo bad it's not even funny, i'm a chinese and I couldn't figure out half the things they said in there. (thank God for the subs) Their pronunciation was so off and the tone that they were speaking in wasn't even right which makes it even worse LOL. They need to just stick to their own language and explain later that they were from some other country or something and quit making a fool out of themselves (which they did in this one but they still made those poor actors speak mandarin.
Plot wise, i thought this wasn't too bad and like i mentioned in part 1, their cgi graphics are definitely decent compared to what i've watched in other asian movies. i do think that part 1 was better than part 2 and I am definitely looking forward to part 3.
Review by movieswatcherBlockedParent2022-07-18T21:37:36Z
More, but not really better than the first one. More characters, more blood, more fights, more of everything. It missed some editing and purpose. I missed the contrast between the quiet, everyday life scenes and the action from the first one. It made the action really stand out.
Too many groups, and too many forgettable characters. I still remember every main character in the first one, and what was their role. Here, not so much. The main character was fine but not that much in the story at all. . I did enjoy the fights, with some really cool shots. Not that much the shitty CGI in a few parts, especially the car crashes looked bad.
The bad guys also lost all their cool compared to the first one. They should have resurrected Mr. Choi. He was soo good. Not sure why they felt the need for English-speaking characters, Especially Tom was just annoying.
Actually, the worst thing about the whole movie was the billboard in the middle of nowhere. It felt so out of place. Why was it there? Did I miss something?
Still, the fights, most of the characters, and the gore were enjoyable enough, for me to look forward to part 3.