So, did anybody see this? Was it as bad as advertised?
Is it even worth renting?
On SNL, Cage himself (appearing on Weekend Update with Andy Samberg doing his Cage impression beside him) said that this is the perfect Nicolas Cage movie: All the dialog is either whispered or screamed, and everything in the movie is on fire.
In my opinion, no. Of the superhero movies, *Daredevil *was better. I mostly saw the movie as research- I do special effects, and the previous movie had some great fire effects. The effects in this one weren’t even as good as the first (although I did like the sooty look they used for the fire in this one).
Ugh… thanks for letting me know. Maybe I’ll netflix it at some point in the far future during Bad Movie Night.
Actually… I enjoyed it.
Not great cinema, but entertaining enough for a matinee. Almost every aspect was improved since the first movie, although the cinematography goes completely off the wall at times (you basically get a lot of Blaze’s inner-viewpoint, and it’s crazy as hell).
For what it’s worth, I though the first one was bland, boring, and largely wasted. This completely ignores the first more or less, and has many mroe interesting characters. I would say that the Evil Lieutenant is poorly fleshed-out, so that he just doesn’t stick in your mind enough. With some more work they could have made him much more interesting.