The first Escape Plan movie is simply fun, intense and a great call back to 90's action film, starring two of the biggest 90's action star: Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
This one, nope! Confusing plot, bad direction, and overall, it's a snooze! Well, one might argue that this movie is straight-to-DVD, well I'll argue back that it has a theatrical release in my place so might as well rating it like an actual movie in an actual theater.
Yup, the movie still sucks.
Pros:
- Stallone, Bautista, and 50 Cent
Sylvester Stallone once again did a good job as Ray Breslin though he did just a quarter of what he did in the first Escape Plan. Dave Bautista although also didn't get much to do, did a good job as DeRosa. Lastly, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson did a good job as Hush the hacker.
- Production design/set pieces
The production design is great in this movie. All set pieces looked great for a straight-to-DVD movie. The lighting looks great. The neon futuristic look also looks good.
Cons:
*sigh* where should I start...
This movie is just a giant paycheck for everyone. Stallone isn't even the main character! He didn't do much in the movie until literally the 3rd act. Bautista is wasted in this movie, he doesn't even appear in the movie for more than 10 minutes. The "main character", which is Shu, played by Huang Xiaoming isn't as charismatic, nor as interesting as Ray. This movie felt like a "passing the torch" movie, and that kinda felt forced. The main baddie in the villain, had no motivation in this movie other than revenge, and he's really terrible! There's also this one lady who looks like cheap Margot Robbie knock-off. The supporting characters weren't even memorable, we don't even had a proper introduction to them! No names, no backstory, nothing! (other than Shu has a sibling and the banter between them, and that's it!)
There's doesn't even a plot in this movie. It's confusing, it's dreadful and it's horrible. There's no depth in the story, it's just some corporation who wants this tech, and some revenge plan along with it! That's it! That's the movie! Some plot points also don't make sense, and some crucial scenes I believe were either cut from the movie, or just, y'know, too lazy to even filmed it.
It looks like a low-budget fantasy drama on my local TV station. It's looks horrible, some were good, but overall it's bad. Even the explosions were CGI! C'mon, does Lionsgate afraid to shell out a couple hundred thousand dollars for a decent explosion?
Some were stunning, the rest were bad. The fight scenes involves your usual vomit-inducing shakey cam and quick cuts. You even have a guy who clearly knows Wing Chun (Chinese martial arts), and clearly knows how to fight, so why there's still shakey cams?!
The editors clearly doesn't know how to edit a movie. They could have just follow the plot in chronological order, but nope, they jumbled the scenes to make the already confusing movie even more confusing.
Overall, Escape Plan 2 is confused, unfocused and a horrible sequel to a perfectly fine action-thriller movie. This movie is clearly a simple cash grab. It doesn't deserve your money, it doesn't deserve your time, all you get from watching this movie, is a good 90 minutes long nap. What a shame.
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