Vacation Friends 2

The first Vacation Friends was a surprisingly hilarious fun blast full of actual laugh out loud moments, and I had rated that one an 8/10. So considering it's the same director, writers and cast, I expected it to be pretty close to as good as the first one, but wow what a let down this was.

The story was cliched, predictable, sappy, convoluted nonsense, and it was all over the place. The directing was sub par and underwhelming. And as much as Cena tried his best with the terrible material he had this time around, even he nor the addition of Steve Buscemi couldn't save this mess. Unlike the first film, there were zero actual laugh out loud moments, there were barely any smiles, but mostly eyerolls and cringe at pretty much every funny part being a huge miss and mostly infantile humor. As much as I'm a fan of Cena and Buscemi, I just can't recommend wasting 105 minutes watching this mess just to see them.

I love John Cena and typically love his movies. Had high hopes for this movie. What a let down! The best parts are the scenery. Having been to Oahu myself I know how beautiful it is. But the comedy is severely lacking. I laughed at a few things but mostly it wasn't funny. I didn't love the fist Vacation Friends movie and considering the reviews I hoped they learned from it and this one would be better.

Lazy writing! Could have been so much better. My 6 year old niece could have done a better job at making it funny. They should have got the writers from blockers to help. That was top notch! John please make better choices for us all!

I really enjoyed the first Vacation Friends movie. There were a lot of laughs and the premise was a good one. The sequel is the complete opposite and is just so boring. The laughs do not land in this one and the script is all over the place. I think this film could have benefited with more time in developement instead of just rushing it out to audiences. I probably really only laughed 2-3x throughout the whole movie. That's a problem especially since this movie is supposed to be a comedy. Vacation Friends 2 reminded me of that cheap straight to dvd film. Vacation Friends gets a low 3 stars out of 10. Skip this one and just watch the original.

I don't get the negative reviews for this sequel. I agree that the first movie was better and funnier but this sequel is certainly not bad. My wife and I enjoyed this new adventure of the two completely different couples. This time in The Caribbean although filmed completely in Hawaii. Lil Rel Howery as Marcus, Yvonne Orji as Emily, John Cena as Ron and Meredith Hagner as Kyla, all did a good job again. This time they added Steve Buscemi as the father to the cast and watching him is always good. Like said before the sequel is slightly lesser good than the first movie but that's almost always the case if you think about it. Good easy entertainment.

One thing I can say about Vacation Friends is that it's so funny it made me laugh a lot. In my opinion, this franchise brings out the best elements of comedy movies, something I really miss in today's films of this genre.

One of the main point of the movie is the cast, that is so great and on this movie the group of friends is back and makes us laugh a lot, but to be honest, I think the first movie was better. However, it's fair to say that this movie keeps its essence and still made us laugh a lot - and as a film of this genre, it doesn't need a deep backstory. It simply focuses on making you laugh, making it a great choice to sit back and enjoy!