For some reason the videogame series Saint's Row came up in my mind after watching the post-credits scene. By the end, there's this B-movie charm to the story but it's not like that charm permeated throughout the entire movie, it's just came at the climax and the post-credits scene. It wears its message right on its sleeve for all to see and, again, I can't complain about the screenwriters trying to do something different with its sequel, instead of repeating what made it hugely successful, but I found the story to be really corny and cheesy. And let me tell you, this politically-charged story isn't exactly subtle. But straying too far away from a very successful formula would drive those very people away. It's a gray area because doing exactly what the audience wants can be stifling, creatively. But the people that loved the first District 13, the people that wanted to see this film in the first place, really didn't want a story-heavy sequel. I commend the crew for really trying their hardest to make the film more than just a mindless action movie. What do you get when you take District 13 and take away the very thing that people loved about the first movie, the parkour-influenced action scenes and in its place you shoehorn in a politically-charged story that nobody could possibly have cared about? Well, you get District 13: Ultimatum.
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