The problem with this movie is that it doesn't work as a standalone movie. As a mild Potter fan and a fan of the first movie I had hoped to watch an entertaining and easy movie with some great visuals.

However what I got was a convoluted plot that I couldn't follow and a bunch of one-dimensional characters i couldn't care for. A rewatch of the first movie might help, but it wouldn't serve most of the problems, as most of the confusion is attempted to be cleared up by the end, although it simply leaves the viewer uninterested.

The performances are good and direction decent, but the script is problematic as even rich charao from the first movie are reduced to one dimensional caricatures (Queenie, Jacob).

Liked: -the visuals

Disliked: -convoluted story -surplus of uninspired characters -lack of character development -plot

5.5