May as well see the sequel. I have never seen this. It has an amazing cast. Robert Carlyle of Full Monty fame, Jeremy Renner, who played Hawkeye in The Avengers, Rose Byrne, who was in Insidious and X-Men: First Class, Idris Elba, the black dude in Thor, and my man Harold Perrineau, who played Damon Pope in Sons of Anarchy. So yeah, this is stacked. As much as I dig Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson from 28 Days Later, this cast is better stacked. Once again, I think I’m gonna try just watching and then commenting afterward. Certain movies I feel deserve my full attention. Rest assured, Paranormal Activity is not one of them, and I look forward to insulting the shit out of that monstrosity.
OK, first of all, add 2 to the boob counter. Second of all, Jeremy Renner carried this movie, and that’s not a bad thing. This was not as good as the first. The cast was much improved, but it wasn’t as intimate. You can only have so many good actors, but you need a story large enough to tell that takes advantage of all of the talents. Take Pulp Fiction for instance. That cast is pretty big and significant, but everybody that was somebody had a chance to really shine. That didn’t happen so much here in my opinion. Some people were utilized better than others, but that’s more on the script, not the actors.
I liked the movie, it was fun. It had more scares than the first one. The opening scene was crazy intense, which is a great thing. It just mellowed out too many times for me, it was a roller coaster ride, but not in a good way. too many lulls building to bigger parts. If I gave the first one a 7.1, then I’d have to give this a 6.1. It’s only fair. I liked it, but I wasn’t in like with it. I can recommend it easily enough. Probably best to watch it right after the first one. Sorry, but I don’t have much more to say about this one, I feel I should, but I don’t. This pic is from my favorite part of the movie.
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