Happily married to Felicity and with Dr Evil gone, Austin settles into the future. However when a fiendish plot to kill Powers fails it is clear that Dr Evil is back. In order to tackle Powers, Dr Evil has invented a time tunnel to go back in time to when Powers was frozen and steal his mojo. Powers must also join the time jumping to reclaim his mojo in order to beat Dr Evil.
This second film sees the approach of `if it ain't broke then don't fix it'. Hence we have a rerun of the same sort of jokes from the first film. However it still manages to be funny and have enough new stuff to feel different. The plot is of course silly you won't forget it when you leave the cinema, you'll forget it while you're still watching the film! However the jokes are what matters and happily Myers has realised what the best part of the first film was and has given Dr Evil more screen time. He has also created Mini-Me, a tiny clone of Dr Evil who just adds to the laughs. The role of Powers is still funny but he now has less to do. The main addition is Myers in another role Fat B'stard. This character is pretty unfunny and gross, happily he has relatively little screen time (but he's in the next film too).
Myers is good again as Dr Evil and Powers, however with Fat B'stard he shows that he can't be funny without the material and simply doing a Scottish accent and being fat does not a funny character make. Heather Graham is OK as the sexy girl and Seth Green, Robert Wagner, Rob Lowe etc all return in support roles. They are all OK simply because the material is funny if a little crude or silly.
Overall this may recycle a lot of jokes from the first film, but it still manages to be funny despite having some weak moments. Whether or not the joke can stretch to another film or not remains to be seen but part 2 manages to be funny, mainly because Dr Evil is given a larger role, more screen time and more things to do. Crude, silly but funny.
This second film sees the approach of `if it ain't broke then don't fix it'. Hence we have a rerun of the same sort of jokes from the first film. However it still manages to be funny and have enough new stuff to feel different. The plot is of course silly you won't forget it when you leave the cinema, you'll forget it while you're still watching the film! However the jokes are what matters and happily Myers has realised what the best part of the first film was and has given Dr Evil more screen time. He has also created Mini-Me, a tiny clone of Dr Evil who just adds to the laughs. The role of Powers is still funny but he now has less to do. The main addition is Myers in another role Fat B'stard. This character is pretty unfunny and gross, happily he has relatively little screen time (but he's in the next film too).
Myers is good again as Dr Evil and Powers, however with Fat B'stard he shows that he can't be funny without the material and simply doing a Scottish accent and being fat does not a funny character make. Heather Graham is OK as the sexy girl and Seth Green, Robert Wagner, Rob Lowe etc all return in support roles. They are all OK simply because the material is funny if a little crude or silly.
Overall this may recycle a lot of jokes from the first film, but it still manages to be funny despite having some weak moments. Whether or not the joke can stretch to another film or not remains to be seen but part 2 manages to be funny, mainly because Dr Evil is given a larger role, more screen time and more things to do. Crude, silly but funny.