I normally rate film's individually, but considering that I watched these films back to back, I decided to review them as one.
I liked the first film better because I felt it was a more honest portrayal of the character arch that Arkin would go through. The sense of urgency, what motivates him, and the transitions he makes throughout the film.
I felt the sequel ignored this a bit and had him go through the same transitions he went through in the first film. There was no need for him to appear timid. No need for him to start off a coward and slowly become a fearless warrior. He already did that in the first film, with more conviction. Having him go through that arch again was not only redundant but insulting to both the character and the audience.
The sound effects and music at times drowned out important dialog that moved the story forward.
The concept was very good in the first one, and executed fairly well. The concept in the second seemed even better, but it wasn't executed as well.
I would have liked to have seen the focus of the film do a complete 180. Instead of An hour and twenty minutes of a rehashing of the first film, and 10 minutes of Arkin researching and eventually finding the collector, I'd rather have it have been 10 minutes of rehashing, and an hour and twenty minutes of Arkin searching.
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