Zootopia 2 (2025)

Sometimes its worth asking if a film needs a sequel and most of the time its a no. This is definitely a no, mainly because the first film has been 9 years and wasn't terrible but neither was it the most exciting animated film I have ever seen. However here we are and the film takes place shortly after the first film and sees Judy and Nick track down a snake who it turns out is after proof that his family invented a machine that allows different animals to live in the city but the piece of paper that says this is hidden and they have to find it before some cats get to it cause they are the ones who are claiming……. Oh it doesn't really matter 

The main issue with the film is that it feels like they have to find the thing to get to the thing to get to the other thing and things feel like they are happening because the film has to exist instead of just feeling like they happen naturally and that the film is here because it was a good story as opposed to the fact that the first one must have made enough money. 

The animation is quite good and it would be nice to spend time in this world but with a less convoluted story. I am not the target audience so I am sure that there are some references that younger people would get but I did quite like the shining reference.

Overall I thought that Zootopia 2 (or Zootropolis as it seems to be known elsewhere for some reason) was fine for what it was. Again I’m not sure if the world was crying out for a sequel to a film that was ok to begin with. I dont know if there will be a third but that will only work if they feel that there is a story to tell because despite the chalk and cheese type characters of Judy and Nick, there needs to be something substantial to make it worth people’s time and  money to go to the cinema otherwise it would be a soulless cashgrab exercise to get lost in the mix on Disney+.