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My favorite aspect of this film (and its predecessor) is that Frank's car is driven through standing water, mud, walls, concrete, sprayed with bullets, etc...but never has a single scratch or the tiniest bit of dirt on it. How dey doo dat? But seriously, this film was pretty fun. Not as fun as the first one, though. Didn't feel as smart or clever to me. And what's the point of having only one 2-second piece of film where Statham has his shirt off? The man worked hard on his physique, so let's see it!! Course, I'm thinking that maybe it was Jason's idea to keep his clothes on to avoid being typecast as just eye candy - who knows? Anyway, as expected, it's all mindless goofiness and fun. Just be sure to leave all knowledge of physical science at home when you go to see this!

Goodness, what a lot of silly comments about the so-so science and primivite SFX in this extremely serviceable picture. Whad'ja expect in '51, for Pete's sake? Okay, it's not "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (although same year), but to my mind, it's definitely a classic of its type and era. Let's get serious, folks - the real reason to see this movie? Because BARBARA RUSH WAS/IS A BABE!!!!! Just that simple.....and unlike today's female stars, she didn't have to dress like a tart to convey enormous appeal. Oh, BTW - for you Fox News Channel fans who don't already know - Claudia Cowan (an FNC associate in San Francisco) is Barbara's daughter and a babe in her own right.

The three "p"'s being ponderous, pretentious and pedantic. I'm speaking here of the voice-over narrative, as cited by several other viewers before me. The three short stories presented in the film could do just as well - wait, check that - better without it, regardless of the gender of the narrator (several people seemed disturbed by a male filling this role - I guess because they wanted it to be a "woman's" picture exclusively). But in the end, the three vignettes emerge as intriguing alley-ways which lead nowhere. If you ask me (I know, you didn't...), the three principal actresses were terrific, as were many of the supporting players. It's just that the material they were handed is a bit thin, one more example of the "could've-been" picture that relies too heavily on a sense of "high art" and its own "indie-ness" to draw the audience in.