A Decent Sequel

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2019)

12 June 2011. The sequel out of necessity was unable to capture the freshness and the character development of the first movie and had to rely more on the action thrills and more of the me vs. them plot of good and evil. There were so slow parts but by the end the emotive climax was solid. The movie was helped along with some substantive and well balanced tidbits of one-liners of humor and the involving action sequences (some reminiscent of Croaching Tiger, Flying Dragon (2000) animated style maintained the momentum and interest in the movie. The actors' voices were less pronounced and distracting as it appeared that the sources of the real actors didn't seem to be so identifiable, except Jack Black, and enabled the audience to focus more on the animated characters than the actual actors as actors themselves.