Higher Roller 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Higher Roller 2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/impaling/burning/torture/disfigurement/cutting/vehicle hit/vehicle crash/reference to domestic abuse

We interrupt this very important wedding for important developments: briefly; this is a story of revenge as Mason Goddard/other characters [John Travolta:] with his crew do this job or the person he loves will pay the ultimate price.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is a good reliable, the framework and pacing including comedy of this 101 sequel is mostly good, as when this film feels and looks lively and bouncy it can invite to have the smallest bits of comedy now and again, but sadly this enthusiastic nature doesn't last forever and when this film begins to slow down it may as well drive off a cliff as it never returns to what it was, in fact it just gets progressively worse and consequently costs this film marks.

Action and art; I am speculating here because I have no proof, but at the same time I think I am okay to resemble that in the opening action sequence they must have spent a pretty penny on the best action sequence that this sequel has to offer; in the form of a black Ops operation with vehicle chasing sequence with black chopper it is excellent fun and also we get a poker sequence with the usual elegance which is accompanied with high stakes poker, but yet again we have this pivot camera gliding; if I didn't like it the first time in the first instalment, what makes you think I am going to like it in this sequel?!

Character developments and performances; the character developments are solid versions of what they are meant to be, but there is one piece of character development that is best described as how it looks as if it is an afterthought and very shoehorned in at the last moment, as until it is made known we have seen no signs of it in the slightest... but it is somewhat crucial character developments and I have to say this is really lazy character developments and as they used the method of sweep it under the carpet even know this individual does right by another... they should really talk about it; so this is all pretty poor character developments really and on top of that we have the re-casting of Amelia Decker from Kristin Davis to Gina Gershon; which works much better, but yet again Travolta shows or continue to show in this franchise that he still has much to offer the film industry and is very much the driving force behind the sequel

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed; it is very much like the Oceans franchise or something to that effect, this film was going to get given something noticeably higher... that was before roughly around comfortably into the second half where I have already indicated it begins to slow down and then everything just jumped off a cliff minus broadly speaking the performances, so it very much ends up with this mark, there is an extra bit of in loving memory and this film has 1 Winner award to its name in the form of IFFA Awards 2025 Best Actor in Leading Role Best Actor John Travolta.