Exciting and riveting but not as fresh

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2018)

This review contains spoilers.
Incredibles 2 is the sequel to 2004's The Incredibles. The movie is directed by Brad Bird and stars the same main cast as the first movie. The movie picks up where The Incredibles left off with the Underminer robbing a bank, and the Parr family trying to stop him.
The Incredibles 2 is a great family movie that is fun and engaging for all audiences. Every frame and second of the movie is well animated and has great sound effects that the audiences has come to expect from Pixar. A warning for some audiences is that the movie should have a seizure warning as some scenes have rapid strobe lights.
The voice actors all do a great job. Samuel L. Jackson reprises his role as Frozone. Holly Hunter continues as Elastigirl. Craig T. Nelson is Mr. Incredible. Bob Odenkirk plays a superhero fan in Winston Deavor. There is not a weak link in the voice acting ensemble for this movie.
The plot however is the weak point and it felt obvious that something else was going on in Winston Deavor's company. Like the movie before it, this sequel re-uses that same twist that happened with Syndrome but with different reasons. Evelyn Deavor wants to be rid of superheroes so she creates the screenslaver to discredit superheroes forever. This felt strange as much of the conflict was created by Evelyn. When Winston wanted to improve superhero relations, he looked for big targets that would be hit. These targets were actually created by Evelyn. It seemed that her plan would have been fine if the screenslaver never existed. Superheroes are not needed to stop normal crime.
The other problem in the story is the Underminer not being referenced again. After the opening sequence, the Underminer disappears and is never apprehended. I had imagined that the Underminer would play a bigger role in the sequel and this is not the case.
Overall, I would recommend the Incredibles 2. The movie is a solid animated summer action movie.
Grade: B