An average movie

Honestly, I have never cared about this franchise but I was intrigued by the way it really resurrected itself with this 4th installment when, in fact, most of us thought this franchise was pretty much dead and buried, so I was really curious to check if it was as awesome as everyone was saying. Unfortunately, the whole thing turned out to be rather disappointing, I'm afraid. I mean, I have to admit it, the action scenes were pretty neat and it was a little bit better than its predecessors but the improvement was only marginal in my opinion. The worst thing is that the whole thing really had some potential. Basically, you have 2 best friends, one is a cop, the other a thug. The cop is not exactly a hero and the thug is not really that a bad guy and, obviously, they should avoid each other but they keep hanging out together. Eventually, they are torn between their loyalty to their friendship and their loyalty to their own people. Now, that sounds like a good story but, unfortunately, instead we get this terribly tedious story with some pathetic dialogues and with some below average acting. To conclude, it is not really bad but I have seen many more inspired action flicks than this one, I don’t really understand why everybody got so excited by this sequel and I don’t think it is really worth a look, except if you are a die hard fan of this franchise.

5/10