An average movie

Even before this sequel turned out to be a box-office flop, I was already not really dying to see it but Nick, my step-son, was really interested to check it out so we went to see it together at the movie theater. For some reasons, Nick was convinced that we saw the first instalment together which was definitely not the case. Anyway, to be honest, with this sequel, I was slightly worried during the first scenes. Indeed, right from the start, the whole concept already started to show its limitations. Basically, instead of one teenager getting some super powers, suddenly, it was a whole group of them and it got old very fast. The fact that none of these kids, except for Freddy Freeman, and none of these super-heroes, including Freddy Freeman’s super alter-ego, was interesting or really entertaining certainly didn’t help. Seriously, I was wondering if Asher Angel was actually the same actor who played Billy Batson in the previous instalment because he was so bland this time around. On the other hand, he wasn’t helped by the fact that he had maybe 5 mins of screen time. Eventually, I’m not surprised that they removed Freddy’s super powers early on because he was easily the best character of the bunch and he actually pretty much single-handedly managed to make the damned thing still fairly entertaining to watch (Djimon Hounsou was not bad as well though). The ending was also solid and the conclusion, that kids can be heroes just like adults as long they are willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good, had an emotional punch. Anyway, to conclude, the end-result was rather harmless and I guess it is worth a look if you really like the genre but I still think the damned thing was quite forgettable and I’m pretty sure it will be the end of this franchise, especially with DC being under a new regime with James Gunn.