The original work of three and a half stars continued with a one-star tail, and even the look and feel of the previous work was lowered.

Ima 2022-09-08 13:11:51

To be honest, I didn't expect this film to have a second sequel. This sequel basically copied the original model, and was backward in all directions. Let's spit one by one in order.


1. The five-way chase was agreed, but I didn't even count the most basic five-way.

(1) The poisonous girl who can kill by kissing

(2). Murder and cruel sadism

(3) Four members of the mad family

(4) Cross-dressing bald man

Am I bad at math, I only count to 4, as if there is no 5?


2. Lens bugs, unbreakable windows.

At the beginning of 55 minutes of the movie, the mad family attacked the hotel with a human bomb. The first human bomb was launched at 55 minutes and 25 seconds, and the window of the tavern was smashed. At 55 minutes and 35 seconds, the second human bomb was launched, which broke the door of the tavern. When the second human bomb was fired, there was an exterior shot of the pub showing that the window was intact. Is it a camera bug?

55 minutes and 25 seconds, the first human bomb that broke through the window

55 minutes and 35 seconds, the exterior scene of the hotel before the second human bomb broke the door

3. There are too many plots to reduce intelligence, and there is no logic to force the plot.

(1) Chilling killer. The sadist first recognizes the drug girl as a killer. In theory, he should first try to solve his competitors, or watch the drug girl take action first, and observe the FBI's reaction. The opponents they met were neither cautious nor vicious, nor did they act like ghost killers.

(2) Emotional drama that comes as soon as you say it. After the poisonous girl was shot and fell to the ground, the sadist's first reaction was to go up to the princess and hug her. After being rescued, the second reaction of both parties was to kiss one first, and the third party rushed out to fight the other killers in response to the sadist. In addition to forcibly echoing the original plot, there is no logic in sight, and there is no emotional line at all. Anyway, there is a life-saving grace in the first part. This one does not even have any foreshadowing. Too many times.

(3) Brilliant FBI. A bald man in disguise pretending to be Dumare cried in front of the bunker. Detective Abrego was easily fooled. When the detectives moved Walter, they didn't find that there was explosives strapped to his wheelchair. The point was that the amount of explosives was enough to blow up the entire bunker, so much of it was invisible. Isn't it a bit too much?

(4) Wisdom Killer 2. The mad family sent a girl killer to invade the bunker through the sewers and placed explosives. Obviously, it was very successful. If they went in this way together, the whole drama would be over. Yea, standing at a high place to be a target, clearly opened a good group, and ended up rushing in to a skill and being beaten to death on the spot, too mentally handicapped.

4. Invert for inversion's sake.

The reversal of the sequel is really a reversal for the sake of reversal. First of all, Walter is an intelligence officer who is about to retire. He was offered a bounty by a dark net boss. The police investigation believes that the dark net boss is also the leader of an anti-government organization. Maybe Walter can crack it. Because of the password of the organization, he was offered a reward, so he transferred to protect him. The first reversal at the end of the film says that darknet bosses and organizations do not actually exist, and the killers are hired by the government to kill people. The third reversal, saying that Walter is actually a darknet boss and an organization leader. Now that he wants to retire, he needs to eliminate people who have been associated with him, so he issued a fake reward to let the killer and the FBI kill each other. Create your own fake death.

After the reversal of the original work, the police think about obeying orders or following inner justice. The reversal of the sequel is really just for reversal, there is no thinking at all, and even the suspense between the second and third reversals is not created, the audience It's really boring to even think about why the government hired a killer to kill Walter.


There is no plot, no thinking, no logic, and the scenes are obvious, even the name can't match the number, alas, bad movie.

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Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball quotes

  • Lester Tremor: [after killing two agents] Injuns two, cowboys zero.

  • Troy: [Trying to have sex with Ariella, pulls out a wad of cash] Hey, I just got paid alright? Make this shit happen.