Bastardi 2

Why do they all criticize Magnus like that and sometimes even insult him rudely? Surely, this is not a cinematic miracle, but I have seen plenty of worse Czech films from renowned directors, so why not turn a blind eye to my peer... (2013.05.24)

A vengeful Czech businessman goes after the school principal who killed his son. The only way that sentence can look worse is if someone films it. Magnusek's magnum opus, in which everything is wrong, from his inability to narrate to the technical failures (was a sound engineer even brought in for post-production?), to audiences shaking their heads at how such a cast could be assembled into one film. I can understand this fact with Troška or Poledňáková, who over the years have built up a certain status in the film business that provides them with many friends who are willing to act for them from time to time for the sake of goodwill, but with the young Magnusek, it just makes no sense to me. Unless his belly is full of gold. What does it matter that the quality of the performances matches the fact that some of them must be decidedly fake? I really don't know if I don't like Czech films because they are mostly boring, or rather because every attempt at genre ends in a terrible fail. (2012.08.28)

"Bastardi" Tomáš Magnuska, from the very first episode, have one basic problem. In the scenes we watch, there is nothing intense, there are no emotions. In the first episode, there were still a few of them, that rape was still harsh, but in the second movie, this is missing. The film has no progression, it has no peaks, it's all in one line, or rather on a declining trend until the end. Magnuska tried to make a gangster film, but the audience easily finds out that the film is not capable of it. (2013.11.01)

Poor soup from the first part. Nothing interesting, nothing appealing, actors terrible except for a few exceptions, clichéd, stupid, and actually I don't even know why I bother to write a comment when the whole thing was a waste of time. If I were Kateřina Brožová, I would rather laugh in the face of those who offered me this role and look for a less pathetic movie than Bastards 2. God willing, may the third part never see the light of day. (2012.06.13)

Just like the movie is nothing special, the camera is absolutely terrible. I feel like the whole trilogy is missing some sense. Two stars for decent casting...40% (2013.03.31)