Monday, 21 March 2016

Paul Blart : Mall Cop 2 (2015) 6/10

Starring : Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez, Neal McDonough, Daniella Alonso, Eduardo Verastegui, David Henrie
Director : Andy Fickman
Running Time : 94 mins

Paul Blart (James) heads with his daughter Maya (Rodriguez) to a security officers’ convention in Las Vegas, hoping to get over the recent terrible events in his life. There he discovers a plot to steal all of the artwork from the hotel when his daughter is kidnapped so, with the help of his fellow security officers, he sets out to rescue her and stop the thieves.

The fact that this sequel even exists says a lot. The first movie was okay, but not brilliant, and this feels at times like it was intended to go straight to video or worse – straight to television. The acting isn’t great, but the story does come together reasonably well, and the slapstick isn’t too over the top so it isn’t as cringeworthy as it could have been. Fans of James may think this is beneath him, but to be fair he hasn’t done a decent live-action movie since ‘The Dilemma’ back in 2011, although ‘Here Come The Boom’ wasn’t bad either.

You’ll like this if you liked : Zookeeper



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