Review Time: this
sequel is poor.
Fundamental elements: there are voice-over elements, cultural elements,
background music, mental imagery, yes to subtitles being used and no to
subtitles being used [over these speakers when this place is under attack,]
words on screen, slow-motion effects, time jumps and place jumps.
The
more I think about it, the more I don't like these fundamental elements, they
are heavy in their usage and if anything they fragment this sequel. Well the
most easiest place for me to begin would be the background music it is loud and
dominating and let's not forget the special effects or the slow-motion effects,
these can be a mixed bag for me to be fair [many Alice’s good idea, the
stoppages for 3-D effects not such a good idea or once again to be fair and
balance I think that is what these elements were used for having an educated
guess, but I could be wrong.]
The
transitional phases now and again from scene to scene or maybe different
location just seems to reinforce my idea of some kind of fragmenting, let's
just say this sequel struggles with keeping momentum, I am not saying that this
sequel doesn't have momentum, but what I am saying is; there are moments where
the viewers could have signs of this film finding its groove and then it being
picked up and taken somewhere else and then having to establish its groove
again somehow, which to be fair to this project the longer it stays somewhere
or have a cluster of scene or sequences in one location or for an example a
scene or sequence which is nearby then it has a possibility of establishing
itself again.
Action sequences/Artistic visions: now on both counts there are some good elements, the
many Alice’s or another sequence is where Alice is jumping off this building
with this cable and the Axeman character is interesting, everything about this
character either looks really good or this character brings something to the
table be it interesting about him or action sequences which are positive
elements to talk about. [Now on a quick side note and it should be noted I am
not deliberately finding fault with this sequel, but his weapon looks closer to
a sledgehammer then an axe, I'm just saying and don't get me wrong I still like
his weapon, sledgehammer or axe in a nutshell without giving too much away, you
will not be able to miss it] and do I really need to point out there are plenty
of weapons being used.
Performances/Character developments: briefly to begin with I am going to say most of them
range from poor to mixed,. But having said that I am now going to be focusing
on some performers that either may the best of what was given to them or different factors have to be taken into
consideration; Jovovich, I was going to give you a long speech on making this
point, but then I quickly changed my mind to something like this; she carries
this project in one way or another and what I mean by different factors have to
be taken into consideration [all I am going to say is this; go and read the
fundamental elements again.] Because without going on and on about them, they
do not exactly help the situation or situations, I don't know if it is because
I have seen many projects throughout the years, but I have got enough
experience to pick up on these occasions where maybe in this case a long-term
performer/character is just trying to proceed with making their instalment of
their franchise work on some level. Larter and Miller, the best way I can put
this would be this; when these three characters/performers are consistently
working together this is where this title [without saying too much I feel more
comfortable saying this when a character remembers and that is as much as I can
say about that and the other, the more time this character is on screen the
better.] But after this; this is where this sequel seems to find a little bit
of stability and forward movement.
This film receives:
3/10, now after taking everything into consideration I couldn't justify
anything higher or on the other side of the coin I did think anything lower was
a little bit harsh.
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