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How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)


How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)



7/10



Starring the voices of
Jay Baruchel
Cate Blanchett
Gerard Butler
Craig Ferguson
America Ferrera


Directed by Dean DeBlois



How to Train Your Dragon 2 is fun, classy, and delivers one shocking excitement after another. The movie kicks off five years after the first How to Train Your Dragon, and the story leads us to meet Hiccup’s mom, encounter an Alpha dragon, and watch Toothless challenge it. That’s just a taste of the fun waiting for you when you sit down to watch this movie.

Everything about this movie is what you’re looking for in a fun time at the movies. It delivers class, and the animation is a step up from the first film. Crafted by Dean DeBlois, who made this sequel with the hope of turning the story into a trilogy, I beg you to take the time to watch these movies back-to-back. It’ll make for a fun evening with the kids.

This DreamWorks animation is loosely based on a book series of the same name, and the story picks up when Hiccup is now twenty. He and Toothless have grown even closer and seem inseparable. On top of that, the city of Berk is now filled with dragons, as the people have come to welcome these creatures. Hiccup and Toothless continue to explore new lands and chart their journeys.

Hiccup is being groomed by his father to succeed him as chief, something Hiccup doesn’t feel ready for. Meanwhile, there’s a man named Drago, a chief who wants to dominate the Vikings. He’s using his dragons to take down anyone who refuses to pledge loyalty to him.


Drago is about to attack Berk when Hiccup tries to find him and reason with him. His search leads him to Valka, a dragon rider who, like Hiccup, has spent years rescuing and protecting dragons. She lives in a nest with an Alpha dragon, a Bewilderbeast—a creature that can hypnotize any adult dragon within reach of its call, forcing them to obey.

Drago and Hiccup’s father track Hiccup to the nest, and a battle breaks out, resulting in a tragic loss. Drago arrives with his own Bewilderbeast, defeats the Alpha, and makes his Bewilderbeast the new Alpha. Now, with Drago able to control the other dragons and Hiccup separated from Toothless, how will they stop the chaos Drago is unleashing?

This animation is worth every moment, and I highly recommend taking the time to watch it. Enjoy the class this film delivers. A third installment, How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World, was released in 2019.


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