the Director...
"I wanted to give more color and more depth to the characters, and bigger and better fight scenes. Our worst fight scene in this film is better than the best fight in the last film" said Leonetti, when asked what he wanted to do in the sequel.
Who chose a cinematographer to direct a production of this size? He was inept
to shot a decent fight scene to save his life. The fights were so poorly edited.
And the people in the movie were no-name characters threw in mindless fight scenes for no reason. I heard Paul Anderson wanted a R-rated sequel, but the studio said 'no', and then, Anderson directed "Event Horizon" istead.