All very true.Very true observation, the reveal of the setup in the first one was a lot of the appeal. But, I knew what I was getting into with this one, and I did enjoy it, despite fewer surprises. I'd still recommend it, but I agree, one should not expect the reaction you had to #1, that's simply not possible.
I'm reminded of a review of Jason Statham's Working Man latest on IMDB, though. Viewer gave it a low score because, I'm paraphrasing, "HIs plots are all the same! Former military guy working a blue collar job, finds someone in distress or who has been wronged, and rains death and destruction down on the perpetrators."
My thought was, "Yeah, that's why I watch them. WTF were you expecting from a Jason Statham movie, you idiot?? Something different?"Not directing that comment at you, @rbbrock !! Just making an observation. A Jason Statham movie, while formulaic, is a lot of fun when I don't have anything else to watch and I want to watch JS rain death and destruction down on some bad guys. Kinda like the Equalizer series. Those are formulaic, but I LOVE them.
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And I do enjoy most Jason Statham movies!
