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Initial Thought: When I saw this was coming out I was annoyed. First of all there is no John Cusack for no real reason. Second is that it isn't necessary to make a sequel about this storyline. It was funny and innovative the first time, but a second time is just ridiculous. The trailer looks like it's for a very lame sitcom. I decided to go ahead and watch it with my friend who got it early.
Characters/Acting: No Adam, but we get his son. Who just so happens to be played by one of the kings of douchey characters. Everyone else returns here. Chevy Chase has seen better days. The acting is alright and Rob Corddry is still enjoyable as asshole Lou. There are a few silly cameos here and there.
Story: So here we have the group dealing with their success of other peoples ideas. Although the only person who seems to be happy is the arrogant prick Lou. I did find it funny when they looked in the mirror and were listing off what they looked like. In fact I did actually laugh a few times surprisingly. Some of the jokes were kind of bland and at times a little uncomfortable though. The future reminds me of a more inappropriate version of Idiocracy meets like Stepford Wives (personality wise). Near the end of the film when the time machine is used again they break the formula that is said to be necessary for it to work. It doesn't seem like they cared about continuity when they wrote this. That ending was a little bit out of nowhere and kind of messed up the vibe of the movie. The credit scenes were a little more amusing than most of the rest of the movie.
Directing: Steve Pink returns to direct this sequel. He hasn't done too many movies, but out of them I liked Accepted the most (even if Jonah Hill was in it yuck). It's disappointing to think that he would kill his small career with an unfunny and unnecessary sequel. Also the writer Josh Heald doesn't fair much better in terms of good movies. A lot of the time I think they just threw random things in. Some of the jokes were awful and few were actually well written.
Final Thoughts: Okay so I have now finished this. It was a little better than I had expected, but then again expectations weren't too high to begin with. There were a few scattered scenes throughout I found funny. The end kind of throws the whole movie out of the window though. It seems like they tried too hard to make this worthy of a sequel and came up a little bit too short. I wouldn't really recommend this nor would I watch it again.
