Checkmate [2017]

[Cross-posted on the Bad Movie Night Facebook page.]

Following last week's "Turf War," we wanted to continue the curious adventures of the drug dealers, bikers, and cops in the sequel "Checkmate." Regrettably, this movie was nowhere near as fun as its predecessor. About halfway through, Lady Rider gets her revenge in her rapists and we learn that the sausage links in the photo from last week were actually supposed to be dismembered (ha) penis. Other than that, they bring in even more new characters with little impact on the plot, they make you believe that Flash (Fat Joe) is dead for a few minutes before revealing that he somehow hid in a sewer, and ultimately there isn't really any closure on anything since most of the players are still alive and have exactly as much power as they did before. Also, Alex Maisonette doesn't understand chess outside of knowing that it is sometimes played by thug types as some kind of metaphor (i.e. Alex Maisonette has probably watched "The Wire" and wishes he could make something as good as "The Wire").

But the worst part: underutilized Lenny G. At least you can still get some amusement from pausing the movie to look at the poorly made sets and costumes.

And no, if this is a trilogy we will not be bothering with part three. We've already committed three hours to this nonsense.

Spoon Rating: 3