Gru goes secret agent and falls in love while the Minions are kidnapped

Rating: 8/10 (15 September 2015)

Released in 2013, "Despicable Me 2" is the sequel to the hit 2010 animated film. This time Gru is propositioned by the Anti-Villain League and teams up with Agent Lucy Wilde to find out who stole a mutagen known as PX-41, which turns subjects into aggressive monsters. Gru is convinced that the presumed dead supervillain, El Macho, is responsible while the leader of the Anti-Villain League concludes he's incompetent. Meanwhile Gru goes on his first date, many of his Minions are kidnapped and Margo becomes infatuated by a boy at the mall.
Like the original, "Despicable Me 2" is zany, consistently amusing and often laugh-out-loud funny. It's hard to determine which one's better as it's simply a continuation of the story with a more James Bond bent and a smidgen of "Gremlins." Lucy's a great addition and you can't help but hope a Mulder-Scully relationship develops between Gru and Lucy.
The movie runs 98 minutes.
GRADE: A-