Review of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) by Bloodywhitetrap . — 14 Sep 2014

Recycled racial humor randomness and will Ferrell acting over the top everything you think it would be yuck.

This review of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) was written by Bloodywhitetrap . on 14 Sep 2014.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues has generally received mixed reviews.

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