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New York part LAME; Australia part GOOD

posted 18 years ago by flyingcandy
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I've heard people say this is better than the original. No way.

The New York scenes were horrible. The jokes stunk. The mailman doing a Nixon impression (get over it already) was dated and lame, the guy on the building about to jump, and especially the "tough" white boy gang who all looked as if they'd work delivering pizza. It was all turkey time.

But when they got to Australia it was like a lightweight Rambo, and pretty cool the way he used his know-how to do away with the baddies. That part made the movie good.

It's a good sequel, but not even close to the original, in which BOTH the Australian parts and the AMERICAN parts are equally great.

"I've spent most of my life in traction, the rest in distraction"

[–] tinman0 17 years ago

definitely agree on that, two very different movies bolted together in the sequel. Every time I see it on telly here I make a point of watching the last 35 minutes only

[–] rick03 17 years ago

That's funny because I actually like the NY parts better. The lines are great. "Better than average" and the whole storming the fortress thing. Rat and Bad Bad Leroy Brown are hilarious characters.

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[–] Vacuus 17 years ago

I agree with you. The Australian part of this movie was a classic. Didn't like the New York park even though it wasn't terrible. But the 1st one was much better. It got cult in it.

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[–] jamesdrax 16 years ago

I like this one the most out of all of them.

"Your views are as narrow as your tie."
- Bernard Herrmann

[–] 06986 14 years ago

The New York part was decent and had some funny scenes, may have gotten a little stale in some parts but then when they go to Australia it kind of breathes a bunch of life back into the movie and is a welcome setting from dreary New York. I agree the Australia scenes are stronger and more entertaining and the movie would not have been very good if they did not go back to Australia. When I first saw the movie I did not know or think they went back to Australia and when they did I knew it was going to be a good movie and be a little more like the first one.

[–] etrash 12 years ago

This movie has one of the best shots of the World Trade center towers.