BradWesley123's Movie Journal- July 2013

The visuals are quiet good, and the opening shows promise, but it quickly devolves into mediocrity. There's a story to be had here that's not completely predictable and boring, but the creative team didn't find it.

Jolie's solid performance and a couple of okay action sequences can't save this from being a jumbled, poorly plotted video game.

Keeps the strengths of the original, but amplifies the weaknesses. Occasionally amusing, but more often boring.

Bears a few solid insights into politics, but none that haven't been covered more in-depth and eye-opening before. There's also a hollowness that hangs over the picture; as if it's not fully committed to what it's trying to say.

Decent enough kidnapping-thrilling checks all of the boxes it has to, but end on a stupid note. The ending just felt too out of character to me; way too manufactured.

We get it, youth culture is terrible and millennials are sociopaths waiting to explode. Seen it a thousand times. Not a complete wash though; the cinematography by Benoît Debie is beautiful, the soundtrack perfectly evokes the emotional beats, and James Franco's odd/incredible performance is award worthy.

Fairly slow and low-key, but scenes like the legendary car chase make it worthwhile.

I could go on for a while here, but instead I'll just say that it's trash.

Fey and Rudd make it at least watchable, but completely predictable and unoriginal.

It's honestly about two hours of people saying nonsensical and boring things to each other. I swear. There's not much plot, and a lot of staring.