"I eat thunder and crap lightning, baby!"

Rating: 8/10 (8 November 2018)

I think I liked this one better than the original, but it's been a while since I've seen it so my memory is a little fuzzy. My summary line I believe, was originally uttered in slightly different form by Burgess Meredith in one of the 'Rocky' movies, but for kids today it's got to be a hoot coming from Mr. Incredible. I have to second his observation and share the sentiments about today's math; I think it teaches kids how to go the long way around getting to an answer.
The basic story idea here comes from Marvel Comics and The X-Men with the government shutting down 'The Supers', and the villainous 'Screenslaver' wanting to keep it that way. There's a personal vendetta she holds against super heroes for the death of her parents; Evelyn/Screenslaver's father died while relying on them to get his family out of a jam. Helen 'Elastigirl' Parr takes center stage for most of the story as the face of the rehabilitated super hero community, until Screenslaver's diabolical plot is set in motion to prove that they're not worthy of a revival. There's a bit of political and social commentary in Screenslaver's philosophy - "People will trade quality for ease every time". Only she wants to do something about it.
Well, this sequel was a long time in coming and I can't imagine why. "The Incredibles" came out in 2004, and here it's 2018 already, a long time to recall that the first picture ended with The Underminer rampage which opens this picture. With this one, youngest Parr sibling Jack-Jack is endowed with super powers of his own, and as a 'polymorph', he keeps you guessing with just exactly how many. As before, Edna Mode is a trip, and if it were up to me, she would be a good character to spin off into her own action flick. Whoever might decide on that, I hope it doesn't take another fourteen years to get around to it.