"Too Sweet" and "Half Dead" are back as the paroled convict who was innocent of his crime anyway and the crazy lunatic who vowed revenge. He gets it in the most abhorrent way, and it's a true shame who the victim is, someone who really doesn't deserve anything horrible to have them to them. Leon Isaac Kennedy returns as Martel, but Ernie Hudson has taken over as the sociopathic killer, and apparently In the time between both films his teeth have grown back.
You can't help but root for Kennedy as he was a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, framed for murder and it appeared that those charges were dropped at the end of the first film. But here he's on parole and the .en who got him into boxing in the first film want him back which he refuses. It's only after his sweet girlfriend is brutally raped and murdered that he decides to get into the ring, and the film seems to be going for "Rocky" like notoriety which wasn't going to come.
This film has curiosity for the presence of Mr. T., playing himself, training Kennedy, tying the film together more with "Rocky". The film is watchable, but I didn't really find it necessary to continue the story. Glynn Turman joins this entry, adding further interest in it. The film also seems a bit higher budgeted, taking away the simplicity which made the first one a real sleeper.
A comical role for a little person makes no real impact either. Tony Cox, who would later appear with Jim Carrey, stealing his wife in "Me, Myself and Irene", plays that role. Eugenia Wright, who plays the role of the sweet Clarisse, will break your heart in her small role. Unfortunately the great moments are few, with Malik Carter back as "Hardly Seen", and seemingly a better actor than in the first one.
You can't help but root for Kennedy as he was a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, framed for murder and it appeared that those charges were dropped at the end of the first film. But here he's on parole and the .en who got him into boxing in the first film want him back which he refuses. It's only after his sweet girlfriend is brutally raped and murdered that he decides to get into the ring, and the film seems to be going for "Rocky" like notoriety which wasn't going to come.
This film has curiosity for the presence of Mr. T., playing himself, training Kennedy, tying the film together more with "Rocky". The film is watchable, but I didn't really find it necessary to continue the story. Glynn Turman joins this entry, adding further interest in it. The film also seems a bit higher budgeted, taking away the simplicity which made the first one a real sleeper.
A comical role for a little person makes no real impact either. Tony Cox, who would later appear with Jim Carrey, stealing his wife in "Me, Myself and Irene", plays that role. Eugenia Wright, who plays the role of the sweet Clarisse, will break your heart in her small role. Unfortunately the great moments are few, with Malik Carter back as "Hardly Seen", and seemingly a better actor than in the first one.