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Initial Thought: Honestly I can't tell you why I chose to watch this. I hated the first one quite a bit. From the trailer you can tell how much this one is going to suck. Nothing in the trailer screams laughter. You just cringe with how unfunny it is. Anyways nobody asked for it. Not many went to see it. Again why am I watching this. I'm bored and I want to see if it has any ounce of hilarity. Plus I like Daniella Alonso.
Characters/Acting: Kevin James returns as the character Paul Blart that no one outside of the movie honestly cared for. I never liked Raini Rodriguez probably because I was in a different era of Disney or the fact she just doesn't catch my interest. The only people of interest for me are David Henrie, Daniella Alonso, and Neal McDonough. The latter has his good and bad films, but for the most part I like him as an actor. The acting is okay and the characters are alright that isn't the problem here.
Story: While on vacation with his daughter at a security guard expo, Paul Blart takes on some thieves despite being teased. It tries so hard to be funny that it never actually comes off that way. It's such a ridiculous and repetitive plot. Again we have people who underestimate Paul Blart. He isn't the sharpest tool in the shed and yet somehow he always inspires those around him. He doesn't however inspire the audience. I was bored with it from the beginning. I did laugh at least twice to my surprise. I was even somewhat amused by the slapstick fight scene with the security guards. It was pretty cheesy throughout though and much more childish than the first film was. The ending was facepalm worthy. There seemed to be a few plot holes I noticed or maybe I wasn't paying too much attention.
Directing/Writing: Andy Fickman isn't that good of a director. All his films are average or below from what I've seen of his so far. That doesn't bring much promise to an unnecessary sequel. Kevin James who also stars as the infamous Paul Blart takes on co-writing again. The only time his writing was excellent was in Here Comes The Boom. Zookeeper was alright too to an extent. Nick Bakay also returns from the first film as a writer with his only other contribution being Zookeeper. They really should stay away from making this type of film. It's far from entertaining.
Final Thought: I couldn't wait for this to be over. These movies just suck. They want so much to be funny. They aren't at all. This was even worse than the first one. I hope they take note of the failure with this and do not attempt a third one. Avoid this one it's not worth the time at all. I'm sure even kids will be annoyed by how lame it all is.
