Escapade en famille 2

As usual, several of those involved in this production have done their best to lift this film to the skies, but this movie doesn't deserve a single star.

Predictable from the very beginning how everything will end. A villain who is more comical than threatening. I found myself sitting there laughing at the acting in this movie. Especially the lousy acting from Mark Wahlberg himself, and from the villain in all of this.

The kids are all so bad, I despise them all. There is no comedy in this movie. The action scenes is more on the boring side.

This is just so bad on every level. I would advise against wasting time on this movie.

I wasn't expecting this movie to be theater. I was expecting it to be a good movie to watch as a family. The first part of this is fine, but it goes downhill quick and they do it in several ways. First, the premise behind the bad guy is dumb. Second, you get a teenager who games all of the time that is able to hack a highly-secured system from the streets of France. He is hacking a computer, a server or the dreaded misused term, 'mainframe'. You don't know because they use all three terms, but somehow the super teenage gamer knows how to hack them all. No global villain is going to have a damn mainframe. Then, there is the parkour boyfriend. Somehow he does all of this fancy parkour to help Mark Wahlberg's out across the rooftops of Paris. However, Wahlberg is with him stride for stride without any parkour. And don't get me started with the whole Greenpeace mention. The final ending? Dumb, dumb and dumb. This entire motive behind this movie from Amazon must have been, "We need something with some action. Don't waste your time on writing, character building or anything." Again, garbage.

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."

"The Family Plan 2" tries to expand on the success of its predecessor, but in doing so, it abandons most of what made the first film so charming. What was once a playful mix of comedy and light action becomes a more serious, straightforward action movie - and unfortunately, that shift strips away the heart and fun that defined the original.

The biggest issue is how redundant the film feels. Instead of offering new ideas, fresh character moments, or a clever twist on the formula, it reuses familiar beats without adding anything of value. The humor - the core ingredient that made the first movie stand out - is almost absent. In its place is a tone that's noticeably heavier, but not in a compelling way.

As a more serious action film, it struggles. The action sequences are competent but uninspired, and the story never rises beyond mediocrity. Without the comedic personality of the first movie, the characters feel flatter, their interactions less lively, and the overall experience far more forgettable.

It's a shame, because the potential was there. The first film showed how lighthearted fun and simple storytelling could blend into something genuinely enjoyable. But "The Family Plan 2" trades that identity for something blander, and the result is a sequel that feels unnecessary and strangely hollow.

Not terrible - just painfully average, and a letdown compared to the movie that came before it.

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.