The Bad Guys (2025)

So I missed the first one when it came out in 2022 and only watched it the night before. I thought it was fine and enjoyed the characters but didn’t think it required a sequel but the first one must have made enough money to warrant a sequel so here we are. The story is that the Bad Guys have fallen on hard times trying to be good but are tricked into helping Kitty Kat who secretly has a plan to use a space rocket to go into space and make a huge device to bring all the gold from the earth. 

As they dont have to introduce all the characters then the film has to fill the running time with stuff so we have to see the Bad Guys try to get jobs and fail before being forced into returning to their bad ways. The idea of taking the story into space is usually a sign that a franchise has run out of ideas (I’m looking at your Fast and the Furious and Friday the 13th), but it doesn't seem out of place in this film. There are things that happen during the space portion of the film that would totally be laughable but to be honest there is no point in trying to use logic in this type of film. I thought that the film was sort of plodding along until they got into space and this is when things got interesting and even with farting Piranha, I almost forgot that I was watching an animation. 

I don't mind admitting it but I am 42 years old and still find fart jokes funny. I have long since past the point of finding them funny (or so I thought) but I watched the first film the night before and found them funny and I still found them funny.

It’s very clear that they are setting things up for future films and I don't think it's a bad thing. The characters are likeable and as long as the stories are good then I think the films could do well. I saw this after seeing Smurfs and The Bad Guys 2 is a much better film because it has a story that is fun, the jokes are funny (even the fart ones) and the animation is very good and works very well for this story. It will probably get missed because most people will be seeing Superman or The Fantastic Four but when this eventually gets onto streaming in about three weeks then it is something that you should watch. I think that the first film is slightly better but there is plenty to like about this sequel.