The Judge (2014)
An uneven, artificial, cloying exercise with an excessive length that allows for not one but three genres.
An uneven, artificial, cloying exercise with an excessive length that allows for not one but three genres.
Although the film is good-natured fun, it cannot compare to the original 2008 film, which still ranks as one of the greatest superhero films ever made.
The rare sequel that improves on the original with even more Holmes mythology, made better with an amazing Blu-ray presentation that does both movie and the format justice.
Although it relies more on spectacle and less on plot, it’s nevertheless a fun and exciting action extravaganza – a comic book film in every sense.
Like its predecessor, this sequel remains faithful to its source, and yet not so bogged down by insider references that it alienates modern audiences, with a final sequence that’s a triumph of plotting, pacing, and editing.