elekmadill Words fail to express how truly, truly terrible this fail is. As a fan of the original, i was stoked to here that this was coming out, yet no no, at the end of this pitiful trash i was absolutely Dumbfounded. Had i seriously just seen that? i wanted my money back, better yet i wanted the hours of my life back that this god-awful movie had wasted. I just Cannot comprehend why this movie was made, i mean, it didn't even really make sense! Its as if the people who made this movie after i was done watching saying "Boom! That. Just. Happened. were we really trying? Hellllllll no, but hey! we already got your money! what the hell are You gonna do about it?" seriously people, avoid this movie at All Costs, i mean it.

Matthew Bailey This move came on sky movies, and there had seemed to be nothing else on, so i decided, as i absolutely adored the original first one, which was brilliant, that this one couldn't be much worse, so i watched it, and i can honestly tell you, this movie was horrifically terrible, the acting was stiff and heartless, only known actors were Vinnie Jones and it was almost unbelievably unbearable The action sequences were terrible, looks like they were done in imovie, explosions looked unrealistic, the storyline was terrible and the director was inadequate. overall this movie was not worthy of B-Movie, maybe not even a C-Movie, i wouldn't recommend this film if it was the only choice, you would have more entertainment sitting alone in the dark in absolute silence.This movie was an abomination, and a disgrace, this is a perfect example of a terrible sequel. however, i "Would" recommend this film if it was being used as a punishment, or as torture.I would just like to stress how unbearably awful this movie was, no words can truly describe how bad it is.

Andy Van Scoyoc They tried, that much is apparent, but they weren't even close.I rented this movie with high expectations. I knew that it couldn't possibly be as good as the first and as usual, when I get my hopes up, I'm extremely disappointed. And I was.What a waste of film, time and talent. Even bringing back Maury Sterling to reprise his role as Lester Tremor (who somehow managed to survive being shot – I'm assuming due to all the metal he was wearing that maybe (?) deflected the bullets– and somehow much more docile than in the first S.A.,) the slick way of introducing all the lead characters (as in the first movie) and even the mentionings of Morris Mecklin and Buddy Israel – who also somehow survived a cocaine overdose and his life-giving plug being pulled – could save this joke of a movie.Even a re-appearance of another character (with a different name of course) from the first movie, didn't do anything to help it. I guess they thought people wouldn't notice bringing back more than one dead person? The characters in this sequel (including a return by Lazlo Soot and except for him) were shallow, pathetic and in the case of the emergence of a whole new Tremor clan (except for Maury Sterling who, as I mentioned, reprises his role of a much toned down, not so radical looking, Lester) were downright stupid.Rather than a plot of some tired, old dinosaur being targeted for death for some code he cracked, the sensible storyline would have been to make agent Messner (played in the first action-packed masterpiece, by Ryan Reynolds) the target, due to his actions at the end of the first movie. If Ryan refused to reprise his role (and who could blame him if he had any idea the sequel would be this bad?) then they could have gotten someone else, made up the new storyline to include him having to change his face (a la Primo Sparazza aka Freeman Heller from the first movie) to avoid being hunted/killed/imprisoned, etc but his real identity being leaked, thus…the next Smokin' Aces. You get the idea and believe me…anything would have been better than the abortion storyline that we were given.I've heard this was actually a prequel, rather than a sequel and if that's the case, then a LOT more needed to be done to it to ensure that the person watching understood that it was supposed to take place before the first one...something...anything to make it clearer that it wasn't a sequel.As it is...my review stands as is, because that's how the movie was presented.

imdb-178478 While I thoroughly enjoyed Smokin' Aces No. 1, this movie gave me brain cramps. I don't even no where to begin, since all parts of it were equally wrong.I'm no quitter, I watched the movie in it's entirety, the whole uninspired story, the sickeningly corny dialogs, the cheapest-possible special effects, the mind-boggling "twist" ending and everything. I could literally feel my brain strangling itself with the spinal cord so the pain would end. I just now signed up at IMDb to warn you, for that taking one for the team wasn't completely in vain. Let's review it in a more structured fashion:First: The Plot. It has nothing to do with the events from Smoking Aces 1 and it's only very loosely related. We have several insane assassins competing for the kill, several FBI agents and a mark. There, the similarities end and the convolutions begin.More than the entire first half of the movie is introduction of the assassins. And you get to sit through very long scenes of unreflected, extreme gore. In a flashback scene, one of the killers is driving several ice picks into the brains of a restrained but conscious man describing the process in every intricate detail. While the camera watches it without blinking. I enjoyed Rambo 4, but this made my stomach turn. It's unneeded and doesn't manage to transport any emotion, not even shock or hatred towards the killer. The rest of the idiocy is stereotypical White Trash Nazis that fornicate their siblings and The Black Widow, a Femme so incredibly Fatale, they had her kill a child molesting, Black Widow-seducing priest right before the altar. Then the FBI assembles to escort the mark to a not-so undisclosed, not-so safe location, but need to hand in their FBI badges and their brains first. Any climactic moment is either ignored (see: Brain Ice Picks) or ruined by one-liners coined by the directors three-year old nephew (see: Black Widow poison-kissing the priest)Second half of the movie is watching brain-deprived FBI agents trying to secure the bunker below. They could've appointed Chief Wiggum from The Simpsons and he'd made less screamingly dumb things. FBI Special Agents AND professional assassins are shooters worse than Imperial Stormtroopers. They're shooting live midget clowns strapped with bombs into the bar above the bunker. Explosion CGI are worse than the special effects on Windows Minesweeper. Dumb FBI agents again, then corny one-liner, then another endless firefight among Imperial Stromtropper marksmen and then the forcefully contorted ending that will leave you feeling mentally molested for at least several hours. The last seconds are the best of it: the main villain is simply shot like a dog. Two bullets put him and his shame of a movie down. No one-liner, no looking back. By adding Jar Jar Binks and Wesley Crusher, this movie would have GAINED character likability.Remember: what has been seen cannot be unseen. Friends don't let friends watch this.