Nairobi, May 11 -- This is one of those rare moments I found myself genuinely taken aback by what a studio was able to achieve with a property that many had written off.

To understand why this film feels like such a victory for the fans in some areas and such a missed opportunity in others, we have to look at the history.

The first film was produced on a $55 million budget and made roughly $84.4 million.

It was far from a perfect movie. It suffered from what I would call a massive identity crisis, trying way too hard to be profound and serious while attempting to appeal to people who had never touched a controller in their lives. In that movie, the producers and director Simon McQuoid created a film that didn't know what it wanted to b...