i blame fanboys then.. the only reviewers that i read for new films are ebert & the guys at ruthless.. i read slasherpool & ispitonyourmovie for 'specialized' genre reviews.

ebert gave it a reasonably favourable review, but he generally does for action films, if they 'serve their purpose' (entertaining explosions).. that doesn't mean it is a quality film by a traditionalist's standards, of course.

i saw the first one back in the day, someone had the dvd and i was wasted. wasn't too bad, not my cup of tea, though.