by savagesketch on 11 Feb 2011, 01:00
I'm pretty sure that ITNOK2 will receive zero promotion, especially at the hands of Dolph... This film was a paycheck, and it must have been a pretty fat one. I, like all of us, was hoping that after the success of THE EXPENDABLES, Dolph was going to align himself with a good project that had hopes. If anything, one that he'd direct. Alas, no. 2010 was without a doubt the year of Dolph. To be honest, I never really saw a comeback like this coming, but man, did it come full force and hard. Unfrotunately, ITNOK2 has the stench of being more dtv crap that we all hoped was behind Dolph... AGENT RED, DIRECT CONTACT, RETROGRADE, etc... Films all done for a quick paycheck. I'm not saying ITNOK2 won't be good, but it doesn't really have a whole lot going for it.
Dolph really should have waited for something else, gotten the financing for SKIN TRADE, and started on that. But this project almost seems like an insult... After all the years of hoping for a comeback, it arrives, and we're left with this. Of course, we can't get too mad... In 2001 Steven Seagal had a notable comeback when EXIT WOUNDS came to theatres and proved to be successful. He was on talk shows, etc. talking about his revitalized career. Unfortunately, it quickly went down the toilet, and he continued making four dtv pictures a year for Sony. Each one of poorer quality.