Movie Review: Incredbiles 2

Movie Review: Incredibles 2                                                                                                               6-16-18

The Incredibles was Pixar's first movie to star humans instead of toys or animals, and while not as successful at the box-office as Finding Nemo the previous year, still got glowing reviews, and rightfully won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. After many years, a sequel popped up, simply called The Incredibles 2. Does The Incredibles 2 live up to its hype? Let's find out.

Immediately picking up at the end of the first film, during a fight with the Underminer, the Parr family gets evicted again for letting the Underminer sink some buildings and robbing a bank. However, an agent named Winston Deaver and his sister Evelyn see potential in them, and wants to make superheroes legal again. Winston elects Helen Parr to become Elastigirl again and fight crime, while Bob Parr has to take care of the kids. Meanwhile, a mysterious new villain named the Screen Slaver wants to brainwash the citizens of Metroville and ban supers forever.

I am glad to tell you that The Incredibles 2 lives up to its hype with eye-popping animation, a thick plot, fantastic action-packed fight scenes, and the return of almost all the characters that we loved from the original film.

In the original film, none of the Parr family members knew that Jack-Jack had secret powers. In this film, however, Bob learns the hard way that Jack-Jack can teleport, shoot lasers from his eyes, make clones of himself, light himself on fire, and turn into a red goblin.

As with recent Pixar sequels, there are also some new characters. Winston Deaver hires and recruits supers from all over the globe to help reintroduce supers, including Brick, Reflux, Voyd, Helectrix, and more.

If I were to complain about one thing, I feel sad that we never go to see Frozone/Lucius's wife Honey, who spoke in both films, but never appears on screen. They also never revealed Helen's maiden name, which bummed me out a little.

In conclusion, while not as good as the original, The Incredibles 2 is a must-watch film for the summer that will please every Incredibles 1 fan.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5