Why oh why did they bother making this movie? The first one was a horror suspense classic,but this is a total non event.There is nothing right about this movie at all.It is a total bunch of nonsense from the sleep inducing start through to the downright risible ending.Nothing against the lead actors,they were watchable enough.Hopkins was his usual reliable self,but the whole premise of the movie made his performance almost a parody of the first one,and Julianne Moore was very good as well.She didn't have the vulnerability of Jodie Foster's portrayal of the character in the first movie which gave that film the extra depth,but since this film takes place ten years after,that is perfectly understandable.The character would no doubt have changed alot in that amount of time,especially being in such a high profile and male dominated profession such as the FBI. The rest of the cast though were just there to make up the numbers or to be fodder for Hopkins.Gary Oldman was more over the top even than usual,and Ray Liotta seemed lobotomised long before the ending.How can David Mamet,the same man who wrote the sublime Glengarry Glenross be involved in a movie with such poor characterisation as was on show here? And as for Ridley Scott,perhaps he should go back to making TV ads and pop promos,which is what most of his films resemble nowadays. The first film left enough scope for a sequel but this has come far too late and at the expense of some great talent.What a waste.
