Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

MBunge Half basic cable thriller, half tourism video from the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, The Net 2.0 is yet another entry into that modern Hollywood genre - The Fraudulent Sequel.Shamelessly trading on the mediocre name of a Sandra Bullock vehicle, this film tells the story of another young woman who has her identity erased…though this time it is mostly done WITHOUT computers. Which, of course, means it doesn't really have much to do with the first movie, but that's what makes this a bait-and-switch fraudulent sequel. This was just a script somebody cobbled together and tried to pass off as having some connection to The Net, hoping to rack up a few extra rentals as it went straight to DVD.The first thing to point out about The Net 2.0 is that it isn't a direct-to-DVD production. That may be how it ended up, but this was originally intended to be a basic cable movie. Which means there's no profanity, no nudity and the violence is only slightly worse than what you'd see in an average episode of Murder She Wrote. So, this thing doesn't even offer the cheap, trashy thrills of the average direct-to-DVD clunker.The plot concerns Hope Cassidy (Nikki DeLoach), a computer expert who starts off the story being a complete bitch to her boyfriend James (Neil Hopkins) because he doesn't want to uproot his entire life and move with her to Istanbul for her new job. She flies over there and blah, blah, blah. Her identity is stolen, millions of dollars go missing, she's on the run from the cops and the Russian mob before she turns the tables on the people really responsible for everything and, believe me, none of that is as interesting and exciting as it may sound. I just can't bring myself to regurgitate the shallow and simplistic events of this movie as they unfolded.None of these actors can really act. The writer can't really write. The director can't really direct. The only thing noteworthy about The Net 2.0 is that a great deal of it is literally filmed like a travelogue of the sights and sounds of modern Istanbul, a though it was funded with a Turkish tourism grant.I suppose I have to admit that watching this movie never makes you want to stick your head in a vise and tighten it until you hear something crack. The Net 2.0 isn't aggressively bad. It is a waste of time on a transcendental level. Save yourself from regret and don't watch it.

disdressed12 The Net 2.0 is an above average movie for its genre.It is basically the story of a woman who has her identity along with her life stolen,as if she never existed.she must then try to get it back.this movie is not a sequel to the original.in fact it has none of the characters from that movie.nevertheless,it is suspenseful,riveting and action packed.there are of course a few plot twists,some predictable,others not.the acting is more than decent,especially from Nikki Deloach(TV's North Shore) as Hope Cassidy,the main character.She is very credible as a woman who has lost everything.the supporting cast are also strong.the direction is a bit suspect at times,as the director utilizes many jump shots throughout.A jump shot is essentially a type of camera trick.this is used to make the action flashier for the audience.However,it has been done so much before that audiences are mot impressed.minor quibble aside,however,Net 2.0 is overall a well done,entertaining and fun movie.well worth your 90 minutes. 7/10

boblin2-1 The dot com bubble burst for this one. What a waste of time and money. If I churned out rubbish like this in my job, my career would be over.The Net 2.0 was a waste of the electrons required to run my DVD player and remote control. After about half-an-hour, I ended up scanning through this movie(!) at 40x speed just to get it over with.The story was in-line with the acting, effects, and cinematography, i.e. very poor indeed. Now don't get me wrong, you may be thinking that there was nothing at all about The Net 2.0 that has any merit, and you would be right, so, DON'T get me wrong, it is a truly awful movie.In my opinion the DVD case is worth more than the DVD and it's contents. Breaking the DVD into itsy bitsy pieces would be an improvement.

Alec Take an up-and-coming director who's father just happened to direct the first THE NET, take an up-and-coming actress who tries her best to be likable, add a city that is not LA or Vancouver or even in South Africa, a so-so script and a recycled storyline and you get THE NET 2.0.Hey, it could have been worse.Technically this is not a sequel, only a similar storyline and slapped with the THE NET brand name to be able to be noticed and plucked off the rental shelves. The fact that the son of the first part director took the reigns of this one helped. In fact, he seems to have more visual style than his father. Sometimes a bit too much, but it works.The film was shot in Turkey for a reason, but it gave them a wider scope and better backdrops then Cali or Canada could ever give, considering the budget. Of course there are plot holes to swallow a Mack truck, but no more than the first movie. It was also predictable although it tried hard not to be, but no more than the first one (I have yet to see a movie that is not predictable and/or has plot holes).The movie is superior to the first in a few areas, most notably the setting, the cinematography and the gadgets used (like the first one gadgets can do more than they actually can). The storyline is the same as well, hence it doesn't improve but it doesn't get worse either.The first part was successful because of Bullock's charm and the novelty of the subject. After so many ripoff and carbon-copies a sequel to the actual original can't deliver anything new that hasn't already been explored by the ripoffs, so don't expect it. Reminds me a bit of 'Men In Black' in that way. But Nikki has charms of her own and the story is worth an evening of reality-detachment.All in all it is a movie that tries its best to live up to our expectations, fails here, succeeds there, rambles for a while, finds itself, delivers payoffs, gives us 'Hope'.In short, it reminds me a lot of the first one, only no Bullock, better cinematography, a different backdrop and a few computers doing funky computer stuff only laymen will find 'cool'. Experts may find it annoying and unrealistic. Same as the first one.Where THE NET was overrated, THE NET 2.0 is underrated. It levels itself out again.The R rating was pointless. No sex, no language and the violence is minimal, limiting itself to one blood-drips-off-knife shot and a few bullet wounds. I've said it before and I'll say it again: those MPAA jokers need their heads examined. They give Rs to PG-13s and PG-13s to Rs.