mwebb62

There isn't a lot to recommend this feature. The main actors are realistic as are many of the embarrassing situations the boys go through. Fans of boarding school movies or people particularly familiar with the goofiness and longing of adolescent boys will appreciate the film. The film lacks a singular plot line from which to tell of the vignettes. This weakens the film and prevents it from being memorable. It seems the boarding school authorities are awfully lax and therefore the film is almost a teenage fantasy film. The behavior of the "object of desire" is fantastic as well - why would a beautiful young woman engaged to a decent young man consent to have sex with a younger teenage boy? Warning for the timid: the film contains a fair amount of nudity (both sexual and non-sexual) and sexual dialogue.

This is not a great movie. It may not even be a good movie - BUT it is entertaining and is better than many of the other action flicks out there (i.e LXG).

The first 30 minutes of the movie are by far the worst. The opening sequence which has nothing to do with the movie is a waste. They then throw several mini-scenes that are not well-connected and in some cases, add nothing to the movie ("why was Laura riding through the forest shooting at targets in the trees?).

As in the first movie, we have absolutely no reason to care about LC as a person. Jolie could have been replaced by a blow-up doll in some sequences.

Until.... ...she gets an ex-boyfriend out of prison to assist her. The tension, the "do I trust you?" aspect, the "who is the alpha in this relationship" adds dimension lacking in the first movie. At the same time, the storytelling settles down and you get a fairly standard but well-paced action story ala Indiana Jones.

The final bonus for me was the lack of CGI until the end where supernatural creatures were required. This was such a welcome relief considering all of the awful CGI (again, LXG) I have endured. This looked like a real movie - not a computer simulation.

If you are interested, go ahead and see it. You've sat through a lot worse this summer.