The Machine

Too slow and mature to be a wild comedy, too light and silly to be a serious drama, the film tries to be both and in both cases, falls short. Whilst it may be a functional family drama and add some credibility to the original story, it misses the opportunity to go all out crazy in this "sequel", preferring instead to be semi-realistic. There is some over the top action scenes, slapstick and humour but it's rarely funny and too slow overall. The lead characters are good and it has some appeal, but like the truth behind the original story, it doesn't meet expectations.

Overall score = 3 out of 10.