Although the
original reboot film was released in 2009, it wouldn’t be until 2013 until the
sequel was released. Far as I can tell the major issue was the script, which
underwent several revisions, then having it line up with the schedules of the
actors, and J J Abrams who’s stepping in as director again.
Alex Kutzman
and Roberto Orci return for the second film, the two have almost identical
filmographies, and have written films featured on Rage4Media (mostly Guilty
Pleasures) such as: The Now You See Me films, the Amazing Spider-man 2, Cowboys
vs Aliens and Mission Impossible III. Joining them is Damon Lindelof, who was a
producer for the original reboot, and had written with them before on Cowboys
vs Aliens. He also helped write Prometheus but you can’t win them all.
The film was
financially successful, making $467m on its $185m budget, although that said
once marketing and theatre cuts are taken into account, the total profit wound
up being about $30m, not exactly the take you’d hope for. The movie was praised
critically at time with an 84% Critic Rating and 89% Audience Rating on Rotten
Tomatoes, with average scores of 7.46/10 and 4.23/5 respectively. That said,
this film has some level of infamy among fans, so what do I think?
