The sequel to one of my all time favourite British movies, I could not believe this had been released without much publicity or fanfare, and only got to hear this had been released when over hearing a conversation in a pub, between two guys I'd never met. They were arguing fiercely about it, one loved it and one hated it, I thought whatever movie this is it must be interesting, and it turns out to be the follow up to ID!
The argument between e two guys was about the fact this film goes off at a tangent into politics, which seemed to me a strange thing to argue about as I found the first film extremely political, telling the story of John, whose character completely breaks down in the course of the film, until he becomes fodder for nazi groups (that's my reading anyhow). Some may feel the direction of ID2 is unfaithful to the first film, but I feel it couldn't be more so without just being a tired retread.
So much to say about this film, I would get boring, but it is based in Shadwell , though cleverly updated, it involves an undercover cop again, who again has a sort of breakdown, there's sexual tension and betrayal like the last one had, and some of the characters from the original film re appear- LOVE YOU GUMBO!!!
But it's different too. The cop hero is a British Muslim (I think) and a mosque is being built next to the Shadwell ground, so it massively kicks off. What a BRILLIANT idea! Audacious is the word. This and other factors bring the original ID concept right up to date, this is England here and now, and it ain't pretty.
The film is very low budget, and sometimes that shows (could no one properly fund this film?) and some of the casting is less than spot on, probably the two facts are linked, and this is what stops me giving the film a perfect 10. But there is more going on in this film than any other I have seen in the last year, and I found it both funny and exciting. The climax has a big disappointment in it (no spoilers), but again it is that word audacious.
This is an incredible film, as was the original, I will watch it many times, and I can't believe I only knew about it because two blokes were having a row in a pub!
The argument between e two guys was about the fact this film goes off at a tangent into politics, which seemed to me a strange thing to argue about as I found the first film extremely political, telling the story of John, whose character completely breaks down in the course of the film, until he becomes fodder for nazi groups (that's my reading anyhow). Some may feel the direction of ID2 is unfaithful to the first film, but I feel it couldn't be more so without just being a tired retread.
So much to say about this film, I would get boring, but it is based in Shadwell , though cleverly updated, it involves an undercover cop again, who again has a sort of breakdown, there's sexual tension and betrayal like the last one had, and some of the characters from the original film re appear- LOVE YOU GUMBO!!!
But it's different too. The cop hero is a British Muslim (I think) and a mosque is being built next to the Shadwell ground, so it massively kicks off. What a BRILLIANT idea! Audacious is the word. This and other factors bring the original ID concept right up to date, this is England here and now, and it ain't pretty.
The film is very low budget, and sometimes that shows (could no one properly fund this film?) and some of the casting is less than spot on, probably the two facts are linked, and this is what stops me giving the film a perfect 10. But there is more going on in this film than any other I have seen in the last year, and I found it both funny and exciting. The climax has a big disappointment in it (no spoilers), but again it is that word audacious.
This is an incredible film, as was the original, I will watch it many times, and I can't believe I only knew about it because two blokes were having a row in a pub!