Manta, Manta - Zwoter Teil

This is the first movie i couldn't finish and had to went out of the teather. While the first part had it's charme and the handwriting of a solid director in bernd eichinger, this is a total mess. I don't even know where to beginn with, it is just pure shame. It bugs me that i have to give at least 1 star for this pile of trash it isn't even worth a quater of a star.

Today news broke out that til schweiger the director and main actor was mainly drunk while filming and treathened the staff and even became violent. This just fits the whole picture. What a mess. The worst movie i ever say in my life by far.

Even before I watched the film I was hearing from all sides how bad the film was and now that I've seen it I have to admit that I only partially agree with these statements.

Till Schweiger is an actor and director who is despised by the masses and in this film, as in other films, he has both roles at the same time. Personally, I find many of his films entertaining and that's the main thing you watch a film for. Now, however, hatred of his films has long been mainstream and it surprised people Not me that there are so many bad reviews. I'm not a big Till Schweiger fan, but I don't think it's fair that the majority always pick at him like that. The film is on the level of an average German film, this is not particularly high, but it is entertaining and that is the decisive factor. The film has many guest appearances, German "celebrities". Humor is a matter of taste, it often amuses me. The first part is cult and this sequel was accordingly an interesting idea. The film advertises that the nation has been waiting all these years for the second part, but I doubt that. Current topics are taken up in the story and a lot is played with the cult factor, which I often find to be unimaginative, even apart from this film. The film is updated a bit trying to bring in "the youth" which is solid. The acting performance is standard and nothing special, which I didn't expect differently here. Funny movie, acting is pretty standard to mediocre, solid story. Overall it is better than many have described. If you know what you're getting into, which is an entertaining sequel, then this is an excellent film purely for entertainment. Of course, there is still room for improvement in terms of implementation, but I am very satisfied with the result and suggest that you get your own picture of it and assess afterwards whether it was worth taking this product from Till Schweiger. I enjoyed it and the film gets a possible 6/10 from me for doing what it needs to do...entertaining!

I don't believe the film would have done worse at the box office without the offensive and sexist jokes, since those were actually not the parts that most people laughed in anyways.

But the production quality is great. The sound design is great. The final race is very well done, nothing near fast and furious, but it still works nicely. Even though some people left in the middle of the movie, most people there had fun, but story wise, a lot just didn't make any sense.

The creators must be very glad about the fact that there is no cancel culture in Germany, because if there was, this movie would have had some serious troubles to face.

Of course this is a box office hit in Germany. Til Schweiger delivers what his fans want to see from him. A fart joke comedy with little to no story, no buildup, no grown, underdeveloped character strings and basically what German movie fans love to see. Great actors in underwhelming roles who don't get a chance to deliver any depth at all.

It's a cute story, some wise words get dropped occasionally, and I'm sure everyone will get at least 2 good laughs in, even women, considering how overly sexist and offensive some of the jokes are. I truly wish they'd have had at least one "aware", "cultural" or just "not ancient" person in this 7 men team of writers.

So the dialogues could have been much better. The acting is also pretty mediocre. The story is pretty lame and uninterestingly told, but I got some good laughs in. It's supposed to be a comedy and in that regard it certainly works.

The camerawork is fantastic. The sound design is great. The music sucks in my opinion for the most part, but other than that well I had fun in the cinema. It's an enjoyable movie for a broad audience.

I appreciate Til Schweiger way more in these kind of movies than him playing the depressed old guy. The movie had no depth, which always works in Germany for bigger audiences.

Just my personal opinion. Looking forward to the 3rd installment.