First off I LOVED the original 9 1/2 weeks, let me remind you that this film was previously close to 3 hours long and very faithful to the book (at least that is what I have read) apparently test audiences felt it was too disturbing so the director, Adrien Lyne was forced to cut A lot of parts. this is why the film looks disjointed - if you haven&#39;t noticed, the editing was pretty bad. I even read the Mickey Rourke had wanted Lyne to stick to his guns and let the film stay faithful to the book.<br/><br/>if you haven&#39;t read the book yet. Prothalamion summary pdf. PICK IT up - its by far the best erotic novel I&#39;ve ever read, its short and to the point. apparently it is based on a true story - so it intrigues me even more.<br/><br/>back to my review on this sequel, lets face it folks most sequels are always bad. its hard to make a great sequel period. when I first heard that there is a sequel to this film I was in shock - I felt that they should leave the story alone. but many of us who have watched the original have often wondered what became of the two protagonist.. this sequel takes us there.<br/><br/>the biggest turn off was Angie Everhart&#39;s acting.. yes she is gorgeous (not as gorgeous as Kim Basinger in my opinion) but looks only go so far - she was merely eye candy, watching her scenes was painful.<br/><br/>Mickey was great as the tortured John. I agree with another reviewer that the filmmakers made a wise choice to start the sequel where the original left off. I&#39;m sure others would have liked john to move on - but that sometimes isn&#39;t reality. In theory the story was good, it just wasn&#39;t executed that well.<br/><br/>I really felt deeply sad for him and the fact that he could not be with the one woman he loved - even when confronted with gorgeous women - its just not the same chemistry as he had with liz. I like the fact that elizabeth liked the games John played without having to tell him directly - she was almost like a child - which John liked. whereas lea wanted john to play with her sooo bad - it seemed pathetic.<br/><br/>anywho. the acting on everhearts part made the film bad for me.. overall the film wasn&#39;t that bad. I think most audiences are use to the typical films which Hollywood feeds us with, this one was different. It was extremely sad and painful - a love story so intense and so amazing, one in which its main protagonist has to move on with his life knowing that he will never be with the love of his life ever again.