Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

When a sequel of a bad movie is made, one must prepare themselves for the onslaught of awfulness to come. This is so of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. Dear Sony, what ever compelled you to green light financing of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. We know you've been making a string of terrible decisions like mocking your talent in hacked emails, but we think Mall Cop 2 wins the award for top in stupidity. Six years after saving the West Orange Pavilion Mall, Paul Blart gets invited to a conference for security professionals in Las Vegas. Basically the same nonsensical plot occurs as the last film, but this time its art thieves at the Wynn and Blart gets to call in some back up. The team behind Get Hard should thank Kevin James and Happy Madison Productions for making the worst comedy of 2015. It all goes back to the abhorrent writing of the movie on behalf of James and his collaborator Nick Bakay. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 is a kindergartener's version of what is funny actually in a movie packaged for adults. It has fat jokes, prat falls, and redundant re-writes from the original. I half expected James to bend down to pick up a gun and a fart to slip out. If you like heinously stupid humor then you might not want to vomit after watching Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. The fact that this film could break even from the cost of producing this abomination is a testament to the idiocy of humanity. Please check out our website for full reviews of all the recent releases.

The original "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" was by no means a comedic gem, but it was a genial film with a character that was likable because he helped put a face to those uniformed officers we see exercising authority around our local malls. It took a demographic that is often patronized and laughed at and gave those individuals a heroic quality, whilst still allows its titular character to be a goofball himself. It was a silly little film that almost won my heart. "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2," however, isn't even entitled to an eighth of my heart. Material that was once passably genial has grown up and become tiresome drivel that attempts to get the laughs out of its viewers by obtaining jokes that constitute as the low-hanging fruit. In just one two minute trailer for the film, I counted Kevin James falling five times, which shows exactly the kind of humor you're in for with this particular film. The story needs little exposition: Paul Blart (Kevin James), who we saw marry at the end of original film, is now divorced after a marriage that lasted only six days and his mother died after being hit by a milk truck, leaving his daughter Maya (Raini Rodriguez) as the closest remaining relative he has. Blart still keeps his mall safe and takes his job very seriously, which he feels is a feat that will be recognized at the upcoming security convention and seminar he'll be attending in Las Vegas. However, when he discovers that the Wynn Hotel, where him and his daughter are staying, is being raided for its art by a group of thugs, Blart must find a way to take down the criminals while employing the integrity he has long possessed to keep his mall safe. The most immediate and, in turn, fatal flaw of the film is Blart himself. A character that was once charming for his goofiness and the way he upheld honor at his job has now turned into a mean-spirited, pompous narcissist who overcompensates the importance of his job. If this kind of attitude was reserved for scenes like Blart addressing a conference of other mall cops, then that would be one thing, but throughout the entire film Blart possesses an uneasy superiority complex that undermines the abilities of his daughter, his peers, and Divina Martinez (Daniella Alonso), the Wynn's general manager who can't stop herself from falling for him. If the original film made us appreciate mall cops a bit more, this one rekindles our worst stereotypes about them. On top of that, "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" is so drearily repetitive in its gags, and this time, we don't even have a real colorful or lively mall setting to look at. Everything is slicker and more overblown, with Blart finding a whole new inventory of weaponry, physical tricks, and even a new motorized vehicle to employ, all of which does nothing but take a formerly simple concept and extend it past credulous principles. Paradoxically, the fact things are being taken to the next level should mean something significant for the story, but here, it just destroys the simplicity of the original story and cannot find a way to make up for it. Kevin James has never been an unlikable actor, but more of an actor frequently victim to shallow characters. Here, however, watching him be so demeaning to those around him is something that wears on one rather quickly. Then there's the extra elements of the film being a monotonous array of sight gags and other mindless humor that simply degrades whatever meager impact the original film had on us. While "offensive" just doesn't seem to be the right word for "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2," "unlikable" certainly paints a more accurate and defining picture.

Okay so your telling me that Dredd doesn't have a squeal but Paul Blart dose...life can be unfair sometimes. The story is about the hero mall cop Paul Blart has been accepted an invitation to the Security Guard Exp in Las Vegas. He takes along daughter Maya in order to spend more time with her before she heads to college. But nothing can be easy and when Blart learns about a heist about to go down, he does everything in his power to stop it. The first Paul Blart: Mall Cop I thought was pretty terrible and not that funny, I haven't spoke to anyone who liked the first film so why the hell is they a squeal? maybe for money well if that's the case that back fired as this movie failed at the box office so that's money down the f**king drain. Damn you Hollywood for producing movies like this only for money and nothing else just to insult your auditions who went out of they way to pay and see your movie. The whole running joke in the movie is fat Kevin James falling over or getting hurt by many different things around him and my god dose this movie repeat it. That is bad and lazy writing right there when your only joke is that. Is that what you could think of seriously?. The acting from everyone was bad even Kevin James just did the stick in the mood "Hey I'm Kevin James", acting like in every movie he's been in. I know Kevin James is better than this and I actually like the guy in real life and I'm not here wanting him to fail, no I want him to pick roles were he's not just playing Kevin James in his past movies. Paul Blart is a mall cop and you think his in the mall all through out the movie, nope most of the movie his far away from the mall and he's in Vegas and he still wears the uniform and drives around in that stupid electric mall cop scooter. This movie sucks in so many ways that it sucks out the sense of humor and the lack of intelligence when it comes to it's characters and storytelling.

I saw "Paul Blart:Mall Cop 2", starring Kevin James-Here Comes the Boom, Hitch; Raini Rodriguez-Austin & Ally_tv, Girl in Progress, and FYI, she is the older sister of Rico Rodriguez from Modern Family_tv; Daniella Alonso- The Collector, Friday Night Lights_tv and Neal McDonough-Captain America:The First Avenger, Minority Report. This is a sequel to the 2009 hit-it did make about $150 million-that follows the adventures of Kevin, and his exciting career as a mall cop. It takes place 6 years later than the first one-Wow, they even used real time- and Kevin is headed to Las Vegas for a security guard convention. His teen aged daughter, Raini, is tagging along, for support. Daniella is the hotel manager that may or may not have romantic feelings towards Kevin. Neal plays the required baddie that has plans to rob the hotel that Kevin just happens to be staying in. Neal just doesn't know who he is messing with. I guess it depends on whether you liked the first one or not-I did-but if you like goofy, slap stick comedies, this one is just as good as the first one. It's rated "PG" for violence and has a running time of 1 hour & 34 minutes. I enjoyed it and would probably buy it on DVD.

PAUL BLART MALL COP 2 review by Mike Smith After six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to college. But safety never takes a holiday and when duty calls, Blart answers. Well the first film wasn't the best movie I have ever seen but it was a good family movie and I did have some chuckles. On the other hand Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 was an unbearable watch; the jokes fall flat and they feel really forced. The first movie was a good family film, but to make your family watch this god awful sequel is more like torture. The cast did feel like they had fun making it but I wish I felt the same way about watching this movie. There wasn't anything good about the film at all so take my word for it and save yourself some time. Cheers and remember I watch the crappy movies so you don't have to. 1 out of 10 edited by Samantha Locke twitter: @FatMikeTPK facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FatMikesMovieReviews