Taraphita

As sequels to cult classics go, there was two ways this movie could've turned out. It either builds on the previous film's legacy, or it shatters the hopes of fans. While neither really turned out to be true, I couldn't help, but cringe in between short moments of laughter.

There were some big issues with the movie. Firstly, while the first movie was about 20 minutes long, this one was dragged to be 2 hours long. This made for long sections in the plot where nothing really productive/interesting was happening and you could feel that you were just purposely getting dragged a step forward before being pushed two steps back. Secondly, while Ott Sepp's acting was amazing, Märt Avandi didn't seem like he was Valdis. He came across more as like a parody of Valdis with overexaggerated grimaces and pointless extra swearing on top of the "Tulnukas"-esque swearing which had served it's purpose already. On top of that, the movie rested a lot of it's weight on the classic one-liners and quotes from the first movie. While there were some details and dialogue in the film, which took a fine jab at the post-COVID society and the bipolarity of the current political climate, most of the dialogue just came across as unnecessary, dull, annoying and/or unfunny.

All in all, I feel like it would have been better off being another approximately 20 minute short movie.