November 25, 2014As unnecessary sequels go, this was one of the most pointless. I honestly just couldn't remember what happened in the first movie and couldn't get interested in anything happening in this one. Taking place nine years after the first movie, this film tried to pick up where the other left off, but just couldn't muster the same energy or uniqueness. There were familiar faces including Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, etc. as well as some replacements (after the untimely deaths of Brittany Murphy and Michael Clarke Duncan). Rourke reprised his role as Marv, a tough guy with a heart of gold who looked after Alba, the stripper with a heart of gold. Josh Brolin replaced Clive Owen as Dwight, a guy who fell in love with the wrong woman (Eva Green) when the right woman (Rosario Dawson) was there for him all along. Powers Boothe also returned as the corrupt and evil senator, whose second son, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, a gifted gambler, learned the hard way not to beat his dad at cards. The style was kind of cool, but several years too late. It was a bit disjointed and, most of all, just plain unnecessary.
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