...the character development in THIS one was much better, I cared about many more folk in this movie than in the 1st. I left the FIRST movie not really caring about the world, not really even caring if they continued the series or not. So, we went into the NEW one expecting to be underwhelmed, but were actually pleasantly surprised. Left this second flick interested in what comes next.

not to say that it doesn't have it's flaws, cuz it does. But for us, the good outweighed the bad here. We left having enjoyed ourselves.

(semi-SPOILER)
it IS somewhat of a 'set-up' flick in many ways...so some things are just 'seeds' that don't actually grow in THIS movie.
Shout out to my favorite new character...the Alchemist!! Thats my boy right there, played to the T in the few moments he had on screen. Love that dude!!