Whereas I initially had my doubts about the first "Attack on Titan" movie, then I was genuinely and pleasantly surprised with the first movie, so of course I sat down to watch "Attack on Titan II: End of the World" (aka "Shingeki no kyojin endo obu za wârudo") as well.

Well, it turned out that this was a laughable excuse of a movie that seemed so incredibly rushed and that in the process they forgotten everything about having a proper storyline and script. This was just laughable to witness.

The only thing that keeps "Attack on Titan II: End of the World" from being a bottom scraping movie is the special effects. But forget everything about a proper and thoroughly thought through plot if you sit down to watch this sequel. And you might as well also just toss everything you expect from proper character acting and building right out along with the plot.

I gave up on the storyline pretty early in the movie, because it was so stupid and had zero appeal, yet I managed to endure the movie to the end, given the special effects.

In comparison to the first movie, then this sequel is just not worth the time, effort or money in any way.

I actually liked the first part of this quite a lot. Characters were developed, story was set up, really creepy looking ghoulish giants as the opponents. If it weren't for the over the top Japanese acting, it would have been quite cool.

Unfortunately, the second part of the story - this film - is not as good as the first. It turns a humanity survival thing into a sort of Resident Evil, just as ridiculously acted and with reveals that inhibit rather than use the potential created with the first movie.

I have not watched the anime or read the manga. I know people are upset about the film not following the plot there. I have been just as outraged when films destroyed by image of a thing I love. However, you need to also consider this series of the movies as a stand alone story, maybe a reboot, who knows. The first part was very good at that, the second just obliterated that option.

Bottom line: first part worth watching, second part not so much, but it would make no sense to not see it after going through the first film. Overall, a bit of a failure.

I really enjoyed the first Attack on Titan live feature, which may have not always been faithful but was pretty exciting. The second movie, on the other hand, is a nonsensical piece of tripe with little to recommend it.

There shouldn't actually be two movies. These were filmed at the same time and the second movie is full of flashbacks to the first one, so you could easily tighten these two 90-minute movies into one that was under two and a half hours. Alas, this wasn't done.

This movie makes no real sense from the first scene, in which Eren is tied up in a weird way and a mad commander screams. There's a surprise early on when the movie actually explains how Titans came to be, something the anime series has been dropping hints at for years without giving any real answers (no idea if the movie's answers will be the same in the anime or manga).

Outside of that, the movie is just a fairly incomprehensible story involving a bomb and some big titans that feels disjointed and poorly thought out. Characters do incredibly stupid things (as they did in the first movie) and no one's motivations make any sense. And the big action sequences in the end are less enthralling than the best action of the first movie.

I do enjoy Satomi Ishihara's comical take on Hange Zoe, but the other characters are virtually devoid of personality.

Had the big action scene of the second movie been allowed to build out of the action of the first movie it might have all worked, but the producers clearly wanted to get two movies out of one, with very bad results.