Remember how you felt after "Independence Day 2"?

Rating: 6/10 (22 June 2018)

2016. After a twenty-year gap, a sequel to the original "Independence Day" is finally released. Audiences flock to see "Independence Day: Resurgence," only to leave asking "20 years, and THIS is the best they could do?" "Incredibles 2" was NOT as bad as that, but it tried.
You'd think with 14 years to work on it, they could have come up with better than this. Director Brad Bird always said he wouldn't make a sequel to his brilliant original "Incredibles" until the right script could be developed. Don't think that the release of this film means it did; he just decided not to wait any longer.
A tired rehash of the original movie, albeit with new Jack-Jack antics and poop jokes thrown in, "Incredibles 2" indulges in the already-worn-out-its-welcome Hollywood trope of "Let's do the same thing , but this time with a WOMAN!" It didn't work for "Ocean's 8," it didn't work for "Estrogen Ghostbusters," and it didn't work here. There's nothing wrong with putting Elastigirl in the action, but if her character is not developed in the process (while simultaneously diminishing the character of Mr. Incredible) then it's just a pointless indulgence.
Combine that with an oversupply of subplots muddying things, and you end up with a movie that sorely lacks its predecessor's inventiveness and heart, or even its fast-paced storyline.
Nevertheless, this movie will make tons of money, from kids who will be attracted to the flashy action sequences (but who WILL likely squirm and whine during some excessively-long pillow talk between Bob and Helen) and the adults who liked the first one and go to see this sequel out of nostalgia. Inevitably, there will be a third in the franchise, though likely WITHOUT Bird at the helm, and even more likely without the 14-year gap. Let's hope it is more like the original.