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But it's still worth 8 stars. It is a movie for heavy metal fans who will still enjoy it. For me, the highlight as with the first movie is Max Ovaska as Xytrax.

You just have to go with the flow. You see a lot of heavy metal guys and they behave in their own way. Xytrax has his principles, Oula has his anger outbursts when provoked, Turo looks for fame and Lotvonen once in a while seems not to be too smart.

It contains a bit criticism on the well-being society of the scandinavian countries and it gives a message towards the music business that wants to monetize and does not care about skills. There are some insider jokes for metal freaks.

I think the film is more of a mess than the first one. With vibes of Grady Hendrix's We Sold Our Souls, but also trying to be funny, while also depicting financial bullying of small enterprises from banks, with lots of metal references, but also featuring Babymetal, while actually going nowhere with it... it's all over the place.

The guys are still fun, in that childish endearing way, but their art has to come face to face with the real world of music, where music doesn't matter, and money, but not for performance, but from merch. Still, I can't help noticing that the same problems hitting the band seem to shadow the movie itself.

Overall, I think it was decent, with a rather bizarre ending that felt like someone just got fed up with making the movie and wanted to finish it quickly.

While it doesn't quite reach the quality of the first movie, it still offers plenty of lighthearted entertainment and a few good laughs.

I mean the plot "band falling apart due to an evil greedy producer guy but gets back together in the end" has been done to death but I'll always enjoy a good, tongue in cheek metal spin on it.

Just don't expect any deep, thought-out story arks, oscar-worthy acting or character growth and you'll have a good time. The music is decent and the cast is likeable.

One smaller gripe I have: It wouldn't hurt to be a little less tropey at times. The forced image change on a band to be more mainstream generally makes for a few good laughs but even that has been overdone by now.

They have some pretty good ideas for the sequal, but unfortanely, it is let down by a subpar script and writing. It misses the charm and the excitement the first movie had. And the humorous punch lines does not deliver in comparison to the first movie. Some good new characters though. Still a watchable movie but not near as good as the first one.

This movie includes a fairly complex plot with twists & turns, it looks good and the main characters are all different, realistic and well performed. The setting is great, and will please both metal and non-metal fans. A lot of the jokes are dark humour, and reflect the complexity of trying to survive in the music industry quite realistically. There are several different locations, including a city centre and the Wacken festival. They have gone through some real effort to put this together. I don't know what the budget for this was, but it's very well executed. I have not seen the first movie called "Heavy Trip" but went to the theater today encouraged by a friend, you do not need to have seen the first movie to see this. The soundtrack is superb, there are a lot of different tracks that blend well in with the story..