The first film worked
well, the use of colours and framing really was like seeing a comic come to
life. It was a long film but its visual uniqueness (at the time, copied
frequently since) held your interest. Some parts were less entertaining than
others, but all very memorable.
The sequel is a short
film that felt much longer, almost a decade after the first, its style seems
dated and cheap, the plot is tired and the acting dull. It says a lot that,
whilst the film was playing, we spent about twenty minutes looking up the
Tucker 48 that appears in the film to see if they used a genuine one. They
didn't.
Apparently the
original Tucker was to have a 9.7litre six-cylinder engine that produced a laughable 200bhp.
When your children ask
why all the people died in the big oil wars during the "before
times", you can show them a picture of a Tucker and say "Pretty much
this. Now eat your gravel, you have to be strong for your nineteen hour shift
at the synthetic organ farm. Praise to the Emperor!"
Great looking cars though.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458481/
4.5/10
Perkin.
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