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User Reviews for: Goon: Last of the Enforcers

FinnQuill
4/10  5 years ago
What were once somewhat charming characters become caricatures of what they once were. Where Doug was 'dumb' before, now he's that kind of stupid you only find in sitcoms; Pat goes from Doug's vulgar buddy, to just vulgar; and the story introduces Anders (anger incarnate) and Eva's sister (who is basically what Eva played herself up to be in the first movie, taken to the extreme).

Most notably, the relationship with Doug and Eva is forced to 'grow up', and Doug, in turn, becomes insensitive and ignorant to the needs of the girl he was once so sweet to. Ultimately, it wrings all the charm out of the first movie (which wasn't exactly a shining beacon, but at least it was a nice little watch, and nice to see Sean William Scott not being typecasted as the Stifler-esque douchebag role), all for a sequel that never needed to be made in the first place.

I'm not someone who hates franchises, I like spending time with familiar characters we've grown to love, but at the same time, some movies are just meant to stand on their own and tell a simple story with a simple message. _Goon_ was such a movie, something that never needed a sequel, and never deserved to have this piece of crap taint its memory.

If you enjoyed _Goon_ and you're reading this review before watching the sequel... Just watch the first one again, and save yourself the pain of this awful continuation.

The only saving grace of this movie is Liev Schreiber, which is not something I would normally expect, since I'm not a particular fan of his (not that I find him objectionable either, I just didn't expect him to be the highlight here).
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