Written by: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Directed by: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt
Rated: PG
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Plot
The Anti-Villain league recruits Gru to investigate a missing lab.
Verdict
This is a tired sequel. Everything that made the original great, this one trades in to make a more traditional story. It's not bad, it's just a boring concept punctuated by a few clever plot points.
It depends.
Review
The first one was unique because a super villain was the hero. This one reverts back to a typical guy trying to save the world. While it pairs him with an oddball side kick, this still feels unoriginal. Why is Gru so bland? The concept is the typical formula which betrays the first film. Gru isn't a maniacal bad guy in this.
The humor from the first is still present. An early scene has two minions hanging from the back of the car. Their plight becomes exponentially sillier from one skidding on his heels to hang gliding behind the car. The progression translate to screen wonderfully.
One of Gru's foes is Mr. Macho. This character supposedly died while riding a shark strapped with TNT into a volcano, because it's the most macho way to die. It'd ludicrous and inventive, but we only get glimpses of the creativity that pervaded the first film.
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| An unnecessary sequel. |
Why did this move revert to a typical formula instead of just rehashing the first movie? This could have been so much more intriguing if Gru was the mastermind in this movie. He would just need a good reason for it. In this movie, Gru's foe just wants to accomplish world domination with the use of minions. That's it.
While the minions often steal scenes, Minions (2015) (read my review) proves that less is more and that they can't carry an entire movie.
Saving the day involves lots of projectile jelly and jam. It's a clever idea, in an unoriginal movie.
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