Bad Guys 2 (2025)

I watched this in the immediately pos-op period from a joint replacement, so my standards for what I would find entertaining might have been more generous. Even so, I cannot recommend this beyond diversionary animation. This is the second installment, and as so often happens, enemies in the first movie end up as love interests in the second. There is a reappearance of the whole gang, both the good guys and the bad guys, so if you are a fan of sequels, this ticks all those boxes, and truly, if you likes the first one you are likely to fall for this one as well. If you missed the first in the series, this is a movie about a crew of fun-loving criminals who also happen to be animals, maintains the pizazz of its sleekly angular visual style. And the game voice cast returns, led by a reliably roguish Sam Rockwell. But increasingly, the antics feel strained, and the action grows needlessly complicated. The reason everyone winds up in space is especially convoluted. Even in the wake of the successful Artemis mission this month, this was not what I would call a fun animated movies that takes you yo outer space--and 2025 had some other and better choices.