Zen Peckinpah

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It's funny considering I just bought this DVD for $5 at CC last week, and I'm all for a sequel to a movie not many saw written by Shane Black. As much as a fifth Lethal Weapon with a mulleted Mel Gibson redeeming his bizarro behavior for the past few years would be great with Rocky, Die Hard, and Rambo (plus a potential Beverly Hills Cop sequel) all getting new installments, I hope this happens. I'm sure even if the original film, while not bad at all, did underwhelmingly at the box office, people will still see this for Samuel L. Jackson (who IMO just gave his best performance since Pulp Fiction with Black Snake Moan). And whatever you do, get this fucker made with the Shane Black-friendly hard-as-rocks R rating.

Then, hopefully, development can begin on The Last Boy Scout 2. That would be so asskicking.

stingermck

Awww. No Gina = No sale



Love that eye shadow

OwlAtHome

Years ago I would have been psyched about a sequel but IMO it seems too much time has passed. They should have made a movie spin-off for the characher SLJ playeyed when the movie was still fresh.

Zen Peckinpah

Really? I never knew that. However, I hadn't seen this before until recently, so I wasn't that aware of it. I only rented it because I'm a huge fan of Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, but that's comforting to know. With the exception of it being inducted as a CHUD.com Essential I was oblivious to its popularity.

Ronnie Dobbs

i doubt it will happen.

tylergfoster

I think New Line, the studio that made the original, would be go for any picture with a willing and ready star/director that could be made for reasonably cheap -- I see no reason this film should cost more than $20-$30m.

wearetheborg

I loved Gina in the original ! One of my favorite movies. The movie wwould not have been as good without her

DonnachaOne

I love the first film, but seriously, why a sequel now?

Drexl

Translation: she's too old.

wendersfan

Every time I think Hollywood has reached the bottom of the barrel when it comes to story ideas, they find a secret compartment where someone's hidden ideas with even less quality and imagination.

Giles

[valley speak]like, yeah![/valley speak]

wearetheborg

I think she could make it work, she just needs a badass physical trainer. She still sems to be carrying some preggo weight.
She is married to a guy 15 years her junior after all

rennervision

I guess I'll spoilerize this little plot detail just to be safe:



Sigh. I hate sequels that do this.

Reminds me of

Fincher Fan

Davis won't be back. She and Harlin divorced in 1998 and not very amicably.

PopcornTreeCt

$1 million for that screenplay and oh what a crappy movie.

MasterofDVD

Huge fan of the film but it's been far too long for this to be brought up.

They would of had better luck making no reference to the first movie and just stealing the concept of the first movie as background info for the new character. It may just be better for people to be reminded of the first film simply by seeing seeing similarities in this "all new & original movie idea".

Slapping a number two on a movie doesn't always mean the people who saw the first will be back.

DealMan

Does that mean no Cutthroat Island 2?

Fincher Fan

I'm sure that's the only reason.

DonnachaOne

The people who saw the first in theaters = eight or nine people.

Seantn

It didn't do very poorly, although not the hit they might have expected. It made 33 million in the US and 90 million worldwide back in 1996.

DonnachaOne

Oh Seantn, you know foreign people don't count. It was a massive flop, just like Waterworld and The Island.

silentbob007

Raises hand ... I was there. It was fun.

Seantn

You're right DonnachaOne, foreign people don't count! And not just when it comes to the box office.

DonnachaOne

I was too!

Second-run theater though. Remember those?

Seantn

I always call it "the dollar theater". But now it's more like the 2 or 3 dollar theater, which is still a good deal, now that it's 10 bucks for first run shows.