I remember watching this movie when I was younger and I kinda remembered parts of but I kept procrastinating watching it again now because I kinda loved it when I was young. So finally came the day I finally decided to watch it and I must say even after all these years it's quite enjoyable.
I want to talk about a few aspects of the movie.
The story. ( Easy to watch, engaging. It's not set in the beautiful French riviera anymore but across the ocean in Miami where we are once again reunited with Jason Statham in another action/crime packed movie. Time to time you can see references from the first movie and how Frank's life has changed since then. Feels like nothing can be resolved simply in this movie because even the smallest things have to be taken over the top to resolve them. At first I didn't liked that but watching it with an open mind I'm thinking who cares. It's just more of everything. There are few one liners and one returning character who gave à comedic relief to all the action going on and I enjoyed it. Personally I didn't enjoyed this movie as much we the original but all you need to make a good enough movie is likeable characters, kinda excellent bad guys, the right amount of action, fighting, stunts, cars exploding way too much for no reason, romance and one man against the world story and you have made an iconic movie. It doesn't work everytime. It did in the first one but not in this one sadly.
Sound design - (Excellent. When I watched all the fight,action scenes the special effects gave a satisfying feedback in my ears when someone landed a punch or got knocked out. Everything music-wise felt just right like you would expect.)
Cinematography (Feels like they thought about everything and it has that Transporter Miami vibe to everything.)
Overall I think quite a lot of people will not enjoy it and quite a lot more will. Personally, after watching it this feels like not the greatest movie and not the worst one so it's somewhere in the middle around 7 out of 10. Would recommend to anyone but it wouldn't be one of my first choices.
I want to talk about a few aspects of the movie.
The story. ( Easy to watch, engaging. It's not set in the beautiful French riviera anymore but across the ocean in Miami where we are once again reunited with Jason Statham in another action/crime packed movie. Time to time you can see references from the first movie and how Frank's life has changed since then. Feels like nothing can be resolved simply in this movie because even the smallest things have to be taken over the top to resolve them. At first I didn't liked that but watching it with an open mind I'm thinking who cares. It's just more of everything. There are few one liners and one returning character who gave à comedic relief to all the action going on and I enjoyed it. Personally I didn't enjoyed this movie as much we the original but all you need to make a good enough movie is likeable characters, kinda excellent bad guys, the right amount of action, fighting, stunts, cars exploding way too much for no reason, romance and one man against the world story and you have made an iconic movie. It doesn't work everytime. It did in the first one but not in this one sadly.
Sound design - (Excellent. When I watched all the fight,action scenes the special effects gave a satisfying feedback in my ears when someone landed a punch or got knocked out. Everything music-wise felt just right like you would expect.)
Cinematography (Feels like they thought about everything and it has that Transporter Miami vibe to everything.)
Overall I think quite a lot of people will not enjoy it and quite a lot more will. Personally, after watching it this feels like not the greatest movie and not the worst one so it's somewhere in the middle around 7 out of 10. Would recommend to anyone but it wouldn't be one of my first choices.