The Family Plan 2

Uninspired HS level directing screenplay acting much like this review.

I wonder if this was some uncle pulling favors for a nephew. But then how did they get this cast? And what was Mark thinking.

I guess it was shot in Paris so that is a plus.

Three stars because I don't know what one star would mean really.

I'll admit Michelle is always gorgeous to watch but even that didn't rescue the film for me. I felt almost no real effort by anybody went into this film. It simply felt like chatGPT had come up with the story line.

The locations also seemed entirely arbitrary. As if the cast wanted to just get air miles. I fell asleep about 3/4 of the way through so it may of got better but everything up to that point seemed a bit pointless.

Absolute cliché in every moment, boring even skipping fully predictable scenes, conversations. 3 star only goes to the professional craftsmen who worked well for their salary. I could feel even on the actors asking the Director: "usual character, nothing special, or twist? OK, too easy... here you are."

I actually liked the original a lot, so was excited to see this come out. Unfortunately, this is not nearly as well done or entertaining.

There's much less action in general, and the comedy bounces between lazy and old tropes from the first movie.

The writing/story is pretty lazy as well. Too many conveniences to pop them out of impossibly written situations. Same with acting. Not sure if he's just getting older, but Wahlberg seemed particularly uninterested the entire movie, a big departure from the first.

All of that out of the way, it's still an extremely watchable movie. Throw it on when you're ready to turn your brain off and veg out for a while.

Despite having the same writing and directing combo and cast, this movie is a flanderized version of the first. While the first one was quite enjoyable, this sequel is a lifeless retread of all the same material. Here's another sentence so I can reach the minimum character count to submit the review.