I would have rated this at five stars if it hadn't turned so bad so quickly. The first 45 minutes or so are not too shabby, picking up on the whole djinn mythos from the original film. Overall, this film is a lot less violent and, correspondingly, less interesting and imaginative.
My biggest complaint is that the writers apparently got tired and just gave up. For example, we get introduced to both other djinns and a character who is a "hunter" of djinns. The hunter, who makes an interesting entrance as he is revived to battle the djinns and save the world, is actually pretty bad at his job, getting himself killed by a single djinn about three minutes after they meet. I mean, it's just silly. Why even introduce the character if he's no threat to the djinns (and can't act worth beans)?
The whole enterprise is just dumb and not worthwhile.
My biggest complaint is that the writers apparently got tired and just gave up. For example, we get introduced to both other djinns and a character who is a "hunter" of djinns. The hunter, who makes an interesting entrance as he is revived to battle the djinns and save the world, is actually pretty bad at his job, getting himself killed by a single djinn about three minutes after they meet. I mean, it's just silly. Why even introduce the character if he's no threat to the djinns (and can't act worth beans)?
The whole enterprise is just dumb and not worthwhile.