9/10
a bold move on Portuguese cinema
8 September 2012
The long awaited sequel has finally arrived. This series of movies has always contained characters so insane that if a different director worked them no one would believe. However, they are merely caricatures of many who try to live on the same cons as them, and they do it such a way that it becomes hilarious. This particular movie is an actual action flick, I think the first in Portuguese film-making history, and may very well dictate a new era of the Portuguese cinema. The very own making of this movie was a "challenge" from the beginning and a risky bet, just by being different from the usual "artistic" Portuguese flick, with close ups on coffee cups for 15 seconds, horrible sound and senseless sex scenes. It was a daring move that worked out just fine. The box-office response was a blast on the previous one, and this one seems to be following the same path. The foul language just flies on this one, seeming perhaps a bit exaggerated and could, as I see it, have been lessened a bit. Still, it merely portrays a small town, lower class language, whose "dirty" expressions are recurrent and largely contribute for the hilariousness of the movie. In a nutshell, this movie deserves the attention of the viewers, not only for it's daring characteristics but also for the fact that it is fun-as-hell and in such sad troubling times, it's preposterous humor will brighten your days every time you think of it.
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