Better Than the First One

Rating: 7/10 (16 July 2014)

I saw "How to Train Your Dragon 2", starring the voices of Jay Baruchel- Robocop_2014, Tropic Thunder; Gerard Butler-Olympus Has Fallen, 300; Cate Blanchett-The Monuments Men, Hanna and Djimon Hounsou-Eragon, Gladiator.
This is the second of a trilogy-in case you could not tell by the number in the title. It takes place about 5 years after the last film. Jay is the son of the Viking chief, Gerard, and has started to explore his world more, including making maps of the new lands. The Vikings have started playing a game, which involves flying their dragons around in circles and catching sheep that are hurled into the air. They then dunk the sheep, which kind of reminded me of the game that was played in the Harry Potter movies-I think it was called quiditch, but I'm not sure of the spelling. Anyway, on his searches Jay finds more dragon riders. Cate, his long lost mother, who was thought to be dead, is on an island and in charge of some friendly dragons. Then there is the evil dragon rider, Djimon, who wants to conquer the Vikings and eventually, the rest of the world. He also has a past history with Gerard and adds an omega- dragon to the mix. It's rated "PG" for the violence and some mild rude humor and has a running time of 1 hour & 42 minutes. I thought it was better than the first one and I would buy it on Blu- Ray.