I saw the movie last night. I enjoyed the first one, and was really excited about seeing this one back then. However, time passed and my excitement died down to the point where I wasn't expecting much out of this one. It was a poor story plagued by outdated effects and horrible acting. "I'm good, but I'm not that good"
The chick that played Jill can't act her way out of a paper bag.
It seemed like they were trying to rely on those cheap scare tactics we've all become so familiar with. As soon as the music cut away.... OMG LOUD NOISE!!!! *theatre jumps*
The fight scenes were very reminiscent of AVP, I wish the filmmakers were able to find the zoom function on the cameras so the could zoom out some on the fight scenes. Every single fight scene involved lots of camera movement, too many closeup shots to know what was going on, then camera slows down and shows somebody hit a wall. *theatre says ooooooh*
Finally, this movie has what I call "A.I. Syndrome." It has too many endings for its own good. This "syndrome" is when you're sitting in the theatre thinking, "ok it's over now," then you realize you've said it 4 times and the movie still isn't over. It's when the movie should end, yet they add another 20 minutes to it with several more endings mixed in. They give you each ending point, then leave you with the worst one at the end causing you to leave the theatre feeling let down.
The more I think about it, the less I can remember anything I actually enjoyed about the movie (other than Mike Epps). This one gets 2 out of 5 stars in my book.
*spoilers below*
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One more thing. I'm really surprised that they didn't play up the fact that the helicopter crashed into running water. Y'know if any of the infected blood were to get into the water supply they could be in some serious trouble. I thought for sure that's where they were headed with the 3rd movie, but instead they managed to drag the movie out for 15 more minutes and change it again.