Boring

Absolutely the worst movie.

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

I believe John Stockwell has become the king of B-movies. This is definitely a B-movie. It opens with a fantastic scene where a nude stripper has to climb into the attic in the Officer's club at Ft Polk, then shoots it out, still nude, with a group of MPs. There isn't a great reason to have that except to establish the type of entertainment it wanted to be.Most of the movie is in New Orleans with a part-time P.I. going for a cooking contest. There they find clues to an effort to steal USA military secrets for the enemy.There are a few clever things about the movie but overall it is NOT a worthwhile viewing. Lots of dirty talk and lots of killing. I saw it because I used to live in and around the New Orleans area, and enjoyed seeing the places I used to frequent. Other than that it wasn't worth my time.

Nothing like watching a flick were a girl gets into a gun battle wearing nothing but a pair of boots.The two detectives from the first movie are back. This time with a new cat (the old one does not do straight-to-video, I guess) on the run.Replacing the beautiful scenery of Serbia, with a not as nicely shoot New Orleans, This time a hot stripper steals blue prints from an army base and is being hunted for them.Antony and Julian come into the case when the Julian's cousin, who was there when the whole thing went down, needs his help to figure out what happen.It's far cheesier and pokes fun at itself and the original movie by being far more over the top, but that's what makes it fun.Julian seems to get to be the better detective in this film, and this time both Antony and Julian get love interest. The movie also dabbles in the area of superhero movie with the new Cat having a Wolverine style origin, and a villain who looks like a reject from an Iron Man movie. You usually don't use the term "jumping the Shark" when it comes to movies, but this bad boy changed genres and becomes a complete different, outrageous, element, but I found the whole thing noting but hilarious. I really liked it. I found it interesting in ways that differ and the first one.

I was hoping to have a repeat of the original but it started like a soft porn movie which I found distracting from the plot, it was really silly but once the original two characters came into the plot it settled down into the amusing and silly format of the original. It entertained me enough to keep me watching but it lacked that polished edge that you know costs more than these producers had to spend, more amusing stuff would have carried it along better and there was the character Big Ray who actually was the best actor in the movie, but played only a tiny part, pity. The grand finale was just really rubbish though, pitting an Iron Man like suit against some wolverine like woman, it was just crappy nonsensical plot line, something more simple and more inline with the humour would have carried it off better.

The cinematography doesn't hold up to the original as you can tell that they were on a limited budget. None the less the action gets spliced with humor that seems comical and changes the tone for a moment but doesn't integrate well. The writing could of been better and quite honestly they could of been more inventive. There were characters the were interesting but so many missed opportunities to exploit them fully. I was disappointed but mildly entertained. I'm glad at least the two main characters are in there but was very disappointed to see that was it and there wasn't necessary much continuity from the previous movie as the first one suggested that they created an agency which seemed to only continue in this movie as a brief mention. I want to say it had to be budgetary constraints otherwise this could of been a better movie (also poor story plot).