Despicable Me 2 (2013)

Despicable Me 2 (2013)

7/10

Starring the voice of

Steve Carell

Kristen Wiig

Benjamin Bratt

Miranda Cosgrove

Russell Brand

Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud

When you’re watching a part two of a film, you have to bring to focus the feeling the first part left behind when you were done watching it. It’s that feeling you compare with this one. Well, overall, this movie is a little like the first but with a new adventure. So, if you liked the first one like I did, you’ll certainly like this one.
Despicable Me 2 is a 3D computer-animated family sci-fi crime comedy film and the sequel to the 2010 animated film Despicable Me, produced by Illumination Entertainment.

After Gru stole and returned the moon with the help of his adorable minions and a master plan that involved him adopting three beautiful girls, I was curious, like anyone else, to see what life would be like for the once-notable super-villain turned father.

Despicable Me 2 didn’t lack the fun that its predecessor had. The movie now had a new focus since Gru is no longer a villain—his life was much different, and his new focus became his children. The whole fun in this movie has a lot to do with Gru dealing with one of his children facing adolescence, which includes boys. The movie also added a love interest for Gru: a woman who’s just as crazy as he is.

In this second part, Gru is recruited by the AVL (Anti-Villain League) after a whole lab was stolen. In the lab was a serum that can mutate a living organism into a killing animal. The AVL teamed Gru with Lucy, and together, they’re to infiltrate a shopping mall and try to locate the person who stole the lab and the serum.

As easy as the job looked, Gru made it more complex. He suspected one restaurant owner as the culprit—not because of proof, but because the restaurant owner’s son had taken a liking to his daughter. So, Gru wanted both father and son arrested.

But things got more complicated when Gru noticed that some of his minions had gone missing, and his partner was also kidnapped. With all this happening and the responsibility of fatherhood hanging over him, Gru had to find a way to save his minions and the world from the criminal mastermind.

The voice casting for Despicable Me is one that always thrills me. I enjoy the voice casting very much, and the characters they introduce into the movies are always extreme—you either find them extremely annoying or very interesting. Despicable Me 2 is a lot of fun, and I do hope we get to see a Despicable Me 3 in the near future.