VIY 2 is
the sequel to VIY (2014). Both are Russian fantasy adventure movies,
and this one has more action and less comedy than the first. However, the
action in this movie doesn’t make up for the lack of comedy and thrill. While
the first movie had Jonathan Green (the lead) traveling around Europe, this one
has him venturing into Asia, most notably China. Viy is a Russian
movie based on Nikolai Gogol's horror story of the same name.
I liked the
first VIY (2014), mostly because the story was simple and less
complex. All you had to do to enjoy it was listen and follow the story. Here,
they added a lot of mystery but didn’t bother trying to explain or reveal it.
VIY 2 is not a good movie. Other than the final battle where good had to
take on evil, everything else about the movie falls below par.
Although I liked
the first movie, I enjoyed seeing how many things that looked mystical were
revealed to be basic. But there was still some mystery about how these men
managed to do the things they did.
This movie has so many subplots tangled up into one, to the point where
Jonathan Green’s story feels like just a subplot in the main plot. The movie
strays so far from the first one in terms of the plot that the writers didn’t
even bother trying to tie up loose ends.
The movie starts
with a mystical tale about a dragon in China whose eyelashes were the main
ingredient for a mystical tea. A group called the White Wizards cared for the
dragon and were responsible for cutting its lashes. Then, some evil ones came
and took over out of greed.
With that tale explained at the beginning of the movie, we then see Jonathan
captured because he was able to recognize an impostor. He’s later set free to
continue his journey of drawing maps and is paid to map Asia. He agrees, but on
one condition: that he takes a young man with him. The young man, according to
Jonathan, cared for him while he was imprisoned. Both are freed and sent on
their way, while some men are ordered to ambush and kill them because Jonathan
knows more than he should.
The young man
with Jonathan proves to be a master of martial arts and saves Jonathan. Now,
they’re heading to China.
We soon learn that the young man is someone special who needs to get to his
home in China to save his people from the evil men believed to control the
dragon.
Jackie Chan
plays a role in this movie, and his part, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s,
is that of a supporting cast. What they brought to the movie is irrelevant to
the main plot, and the movie would have gone smoother if they weren’t in it to
complicate things further.
If you’ve
seen VIY (2014) and are curious about what happened to Jonathan, let
your curiosity imagine a better continuation, because this one won’t do.
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