| Awesomest Sequels of the Week! |
7/28/2003 |
by Tommer
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These boys have been a little naughty.
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With a record 113 sequels that opened this past weekend, two outshine them all: "Tomb Raider 2" and "Bad Boys II: The Cradle of Life." Here's a looksy.
Tomb Raider 2 Though many video game-turned movies have faltered, such as "Mortal Kombat" and "The Big Chill," some have enjoyed great commercial and critical success like "Mortal Kombat 2: Annihalation" ('96 Academy Award Winner for "Best Fatality") and "Tetris: The Movie." Thankfully, "Tomb Raider 2" belongs in the latter category: righteously awesome! The trailer had me from the start and didn't let go until the final title screen. Angelina Jolie rides a motorcycle, shoots stuff, and then flies around in some sort of "magic pants." Not since "Agent Cody Banks," have I so thoroughly enjoyed a trailer. It almost makes me wish I had bought a ticket to the movie, instead of building a fort out of couch cushions and pillows in my underpants.
Bad Boys II: The Cradle of Life - Well, Will "Gettin' Giggly" Smith and Martin "Waving a Loaded Gun Around on the Street at Night Due to Mental Exhaustion" Lawrence are at again! They're being naughty in this sublime and nuanced actioner directed by the auterish Michael Bay. It's much like the first "Bad Boys," but with twice as much badness ("bad" in the Michael Jackson dangerous kind of way, not shitty and horrible in the Jerry Bruckheimer way). One conplaint: the scenes of Smith and Lawrence undercover in the KKK (while side-splittingly comic in nature) could be construed as racist by some. C'mon people, it's the 19th century! Why can't racism be color blind? The KKK is an equal oportunity employer now. Let's judge people on important things, like penis length and the brand of massage chairs they own.
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