Some of the best fights I’ve seen, especially for the time. Great aesthetic, cinematography, and direction. Overall just killer vibes and killer soundtrack.
The characters were interesting, dynamic, and not sanitized. The characters are not “good guy-ified” to appear more likeable. They’re gang members. They do unlikeable things. At no point in the movie did I forget I was watching a street gang.
The real skill of this movie though is it’s subtlety and conciseness. So much of the plot…
The first movie is a fun, over the top, mindless comedy. It had an unreasonable plot, unreasonable aesthetic, and unreasonable characters. It was by no means a masterpiece, it was by no means an amazing piece of cinema, but it was fun. It wasn’t boring, it wasn’t filled with such bland flatness.
This movie is flat, boring, uninspired. It’s plot is simultaneously too over the top and not taken seriously enough. The characters retread the same tropey arcs from the…
Not a bad movie per-say, but definitely too long and honestly just boring. I love conspiracies, love slow burn movies, but man something about the presentation of this movie is just so boring. I am of the opinion that a bad movie that’s entertaining is better than one that’s alright but bores you to death. The characters aren’t interesting despite the stellar cast, the plot is good in theory but is presented poorly, and while there were stakes, at no point did I care. It’s just boring.
