The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017)

I saw the sequel to "The Nut Job" right after finishing the first one, making it a double feature picture night. I wasn't impressed with the original, but wasn't disappointed either as I enjoyed it with no major expectations going in. The same thing happened after watching "The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature"."The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature" follows the events of the first movie, centering once again on Will Arnett's squirrelly character, Surly. This time the gang's mission is to stop the Mayor from bulldozing the park and replacing it with an amusement park. A thing that happens too often in the real world, green zones getting paved and constructions getting build on top of them.The human characters were all horrible people and, if I didn't yet find myself rooting for the animals before, I certainly did after seeing the terrible intentions of the humans. On the other hand, the street mice were a terrific addition to the movie, with the leader voiced by Jackie Chan turning them into a deadly martial arts gang. One of my favorite characters from the first movie was Buddy, the mute rat partner of Surly, who unfortunately, I think, didn't get enough screentime in the sequel."The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature" didn't succeed at the box-office and the released date was pushed multiple times, but it's still an uplifting animation that will leave kids and adults lighthearted.

Boring, unlikable characters (I really only liked the dogs), full of cheap and tiring clichés. I love kids movies, and I loved the first movie so much... This was a disappointment. Feels to forced.

The life of ease, with all the animals getting "lazy, spoiled, and fat" comes to an end. The mayor has decided the park should be an amusement park, depriving our critters from their home. Our anarchist animals fight back. There are lessons about working together, friendship, and not spontaneously singing.Jackie Chan voices a martial arts mouse whose hands are "weapons of mouse destruction" Yes, it was that type of humor. Fun for adults too. Chan had a line that made me think of the Niemöller quote.

So I did watch the original when it came out but can't really remember the old film so I was going into this film fresh, now this film was a good watch and really made me & others laugh at points throughout the film.The film does have quite a high pace, which is not a bad thing, the animation was really crisp and the detail on the animals was really well done tbh, not that the kids would notice. As always with animation the human characters where excellently designed including the main villain, the Mayor! The story is about the Mayor wanting to demolish the park and put an amusement land there, but the animals have to fight back by causing chaos with the diggers etc, which is all good fun to watch! Overall I enjoyed the film and I love animation films, defo worth a watch if you want to laugh!8 / 10 – Age: 23 – Location Saw: Bedford Cineworld – Saw Using "Unlimited Card"