SPL 2: A Time for Consequences

SPL 2 is a masterclass in storytelling.

What's not love? I cried, people got their ass kicked. It was fun and had meaning. Quit picking every detail apart people.

Minha opinião: Um filme que não é continuação do SPL 1. Mas tras novamente um elenco de peso; Tonny, Wu Jing, Zhang Jin, Simon, Louis, Ken,..... Com este elenco de peso é claro que veremos muita porradaria. Um filme clássico asiático, a guerra da policia com a máfia. Onde temos um policial infiltrado na máfia que é Wu e seu tio que é Chefe da policia Simon. O sobrinho acaba viciando em ópio. Ele é pego por um gangster como dinheiro de troca por seu irmão, que ele precisa do coração dele para sobreviver. Assim Wu é enviado para uma prisão na Tailandia, onde esta o chefe da prisão Zhang e guardas Tony e Ken. E nesta prisão existem várias pessoas presas que são usadas para o trafico de órgão. E a filha Tony precisa fazer urgentemente um transplante de medula para sobreviver, e sem saber o doador é Wu. E assim esta armado todo filme, com várias reviravolta. Acreidto que o filme tem muita informação para ser administrada em um filme de 1:30 hs. Ou aumentaria o tempo ou diminuiria o conteúdo. Pois acaba fazendo o filme correr e mudar toda hora, os vários assuntos. Acabou virando pato. Mas não tira o brilho do filme. Roteiro: Meio bagunçado. Vale apena assistir? Sim Nota: 6,5

Awesome movie… a bit confusing at first but I think that was the point. Once it got going, total roller coaster with so many twists and turns.

The movie is fast paced and sometimes somber but the action sequences are top notch and Tony Jaa (Master Z: Ip Man Legacy, Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior) and Zhang Jin (Escape Plan: The Extractors, Pacific Rim: Uprising) do a great job

This movie is a really hard one to assess - On one hand, it has a lot of very interesting plot threads, outstanding performances, solid technical merits, an outstanding musical score and three top-tier martial-artist leads -- on the other hand, it has a muddled plotline, poor pacing, murky backstory elements, inconsistent physics, and worst of all, a massive lack of catharsis when the heroes win the day. The original SPL felt like one of Hong Kong's first true foray's into making a Hollywood movie as well as Hollywood in terms of visual and audio appeal, while SPL2 seems to instead be relying on the same tricks that low-budget cinema always used to cover up production or budgetary gaps, only not necessary. Like, it went from Blockbuster to Anti-Blockbuster in only 1 subsequent entry, and that's really odd. I do know that this is from the Director of 'Dog Bite Dog', which I sorta loved for being daring and uncompromising, and this movie is both of those as well, but it's trying to juggle these with a more traditionally told Story/Plot. Hollywood tries to make uncompromising and experimental big-budget cinema, but usually it does not work very well, and for the same reasons that I feel this movie fails as well. The end fight scene, however, is where the movie's problems officially max out (pun intended), when Wu Jing & Tony Jaa, quite possibly the two greatest martial arts stars in the world, take on Max Zhang's villain together, but fail to ever land a single blow for most of the fight, as he literally cheats, adopting impossible gravity physics (like almost Crouching Tiger level) in a movie that is otherwise completely grounded in tangible reality; it's like watching two normal people fight a Matrix character in real life. But I don't want to harp on the movie too long, as the movie is actually ultimately worth watching - it's just somehow entered a nearly untouchable level of notoriety, and I don't really understand why, as just as much about this movie fails as it does succeed.

Very good and sets new standards in martial arts.

Movie started great , the prison fight was awesome specially with no stop camera following the fight .. movie had great potential but was ruined by the long story . The final fight was awesome but was ruined by the changing scenes between the fight, the lilttle girl and the old man . The ending was not that impresive aswell

Some great fights and funny moments.

Some crazy action and fight scenes with solid and creative cinematography, choreography, and directing.