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This is not a surprise, considering that 99,999 sequels out of 100,000 are not as good as the first. I think the exceptions can be counted on one hand. But what's not so great about that is that the first one was not that good either. So to be less good than mediocre means... well, you get it. This one has a teeny bit more maturity and a little less teeny-bopper sensibility thanks to there being no Ashton K involved, but the lead here seems to be a pretty boy model type, and comes off pretty much in love with himself. No surprise that there's a gay scene that ends up being handled in a bad way. As in the first one, the lead who is able to travel to his past makes all the wrong decisions, and the ones that nobody watching would have made. It is really annoying that he doesn't get a memory update when he changes the past, a departure from the first film. And somehow the baby get a bit of a time-wobble effect from looking at a photo from his Dad's life. I guess that can be explained by the fact that the baby was already conceived and was in the photo as a fetus. Yes, anything in any film can be explained in any way, shape and form by that great logic of filmdom known as science (fiction). Oh, if you watch this with others, try to make a game out of who can catch the most product placement commercials. A note of interest: End credits state "inspired by and in memory of John Frankenheimer". Who actually believes that the late Frankenheimer knew anything about this or even knew any of the crew members? Put this on a scale with one of Frankenheimer's lesser efforts, and this is a ZERO being compared to a TEN.
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rixrex 10 December 2006
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