The story is tired and old: good hearted assassin has to protect innocents from bad hearted assassins, I guess. The acting is not stellar, but the action is good. I actually did not know it was a sequel (thought it was a remake) and so I watched this before I watched the original (or read the manga). Truth be told, I am not particularly thrilled for either, but I may do it if I am bored. I just wish the acting was a little better. I liked a lot more the actor playing the villain (Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) than the one playing the hero (Jun'ichi Okada),although the first is an actual actor, while the latter is a boy band member and a martial artist, so his performance was brilliant considering. The girls were there just to look pretty, for example.

Bottom line: why not make this an anime? It would have looked cooler and could have focused on the story and characters more.

It is better than the first.

Perhaps the character has grown on you.

Certainly the humor that was more miss than hit in the first time has made a big improvement.

Again a grave matter might have required a bit more closure. But somehow this was better communicated near the ending.

The reason why I rate this so high. Is because I enjoyed my watch of it.

Sure there are some issues but this is neat package.

Oh and I called the first one a guilty pleasure. This is to the level that it is not guilty anymore.

Like part 1, the build up to the action is notably longer than the action spectacle itself. Though, the comical aspect really make up for it, hence it doesn't feel tedious. Moreover, the action scenes in this one feel more high budget so it's a real treat to watch!

Thanks to Netflix we were able to enjoy both films! I've been meaning to check them out ever since I watched the trailer on youtube but couldn't find a legal way then.