Naturally, a film that tries to appeal to *everyone* is not going to satisfy everyone equally. While "chick flicks" and "teenage comedies" are genres defined by their demographic, the summer blockbuster, and especially *this* summer blockbuster, are designed to have the mass appeal of the french fry.

There are a few embarrassing moments of either unfunny comedy, or schmaltz, or strange ideas about what New York looks like, but overall I enjoyed this picture. The action scenes look good, and there is some believable emotional plot elements. In retrospect, people will find that the first film was indeed better, but hey.