When Gru, the world's most super-bad turned super-dad has been recruited
by a team of officials to stop lethal muscle and a host of Gru's own,
He has to fight back with new gadgetry, cars, and more minion madness.
Directors:Pierre Coffin,
Chris Renaud
Writers:Cinco Paul,
Ken Daurio
Stars:Steve Carell,
Kristen Wiig,
Benjamin Bratt |
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Storyline
While Gru, the ex-supervillain is adjusting to family life and an
attempted honest living in the jam business, a secret Arctic laboratory
is stolen. The Anti-Villain League decides it needs an insider's help
and recruits Gru in the investigation. Together with the eccentric AVL
agent, Lucy Wilde, Gru concludes that his prime suspect is the presumed
dead supervillain, El Macho, whose his teenage son is also making the
moves on his eldest daughter, Margo. Seemingly blinded by his
overprotectiveness of his children and his growing mutual attraction to
Lucy, Gru seems on the wrong track even as his minions are being quietly
kidnapped en masse for some malevolent purpose.
User Reviews
The
first Despicable Me was a wonderful film, so while there is the worry
of whether a sequel would work you can't help wanting to see it anyway.
Despicable Me 2 was just as good as the first one, maybe not as fresh in
terms of plot but what worked so well in the first works equally well
here. The animation, also having the advantage of staying true to the
style and look that the first had, is bursting with vibrancy and colour
without looking too over-saturated as well as having a lot of detail to
it. The retro-futuristic designs and gadgets are inventive and very
striking to look at, while the music has rousing energy and is also
memorable. Despicable Me 2 in the writing and gags is peppered with
humour, and this is of the laugh-out-loud hilarious kind, though because
there's a lot and that you may be laughing so hard you may be at a risk
of missing something. To counter-balance the hilarity, the film also
incorporates a message, it is a heartfelt one and doesn't feel cloying
and out-of-place. For what the story may lack slightly in freshness in
correlation with the first, it more than makes up for it in wit, heart,
excitement and how briskly it moves without feeling rushed. Having more
of the minions- one of the best assets of the first film- was a
masterstroke also, and their subplot also gave the story an increasing
sense of jeopardy and threat(though theirs is a little more interesting
than that of world domination). Gru is a lovable character, whether a
villain like in the first or not, and adds a lot of charisma and energy
to the film. The top-notch vocal talents of Steve Carrell, Steve Coogan,
Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt and even Russell Brand are a further
advantage. All in all, like the first Despicable Me this sequel is
fantastic family fun and equal to it. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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