A sequel made simply for the demand of it, that manages to have a couple moments where it recaptures whatever spark the original had, but is hampered by a retcon of their introduction into a finale, 8 years of radio silence, some horrible soundtrack decisions, a femme fatale with big heels to fill against Dafoe, a cavalcade of villains who can't decide when they wanna be threats or jesters, an extremely self-serving dream sequence, and a backstory that makes no…

A proper action movie that rides the line between spectacle and melodrama like a clown rides a unicycle across the tightrope. Conner and Murphy are a very well performed set of twins, obviously not the same character but with enough overlap to not matter who is who. Best of all is the way Smecker is done. In most movies like this, the agent pursuing the vigilante heroes is portrayed as the worst scum alive just because they're doing their job,…

The original plan was for me to rewatch the two original movies and then this one, but I'm actually pretty thankful to have done it without so direct a comparison; it allows me to be slightly more favorable to this flick.
Billie & Thea are performed excellently, as stupidly optimistic as their fathers. One great scene is Thea films Jimi Hendrix on her phone and then shows that recording to Louis Armstrong, and Armstrong & his band are more fascinated by the…

"You and that chump don't know where I came from. You call yourself a fighter, prove it now. Give me that same chance."
Rocky 3 takes everything that Rocky 2 did wrong and not only fixes it, but improves on it to make a better movie than the original. Rocky is smarter, harder, faster, and the rest of the movie is too. The romance between him and Adrian is more refined, his relationship with his son is neither overbearing nor…