Review of Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) by Orlando O — 19 May 2016

I am surprised to say that Neighbors 2 was actually better than its predecessor. It is usually rare for comedy films to deliver the laughs and be quite as entertaining than there predecessors. Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Rose Byrne were all entertaining. The movie was a lot of fun; usually a lot of crude raunchy humor throughout, every joke was better than the previous scene. It is what happens when you have Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg and a few others writing the script. Sure, there were probably many improvisations with the cast filling in with what they have to say.

Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne) are finally planning on moving to another house and trying to sell there current house. Only thing they did not know, when their realtor mentioned about a 30 day escrow with the buyers wanting to do inspection for a month. Mac and Kelly are also facing a new problem, as a sorority has moved into the house next door. Shelby (Chloe Grace Moretz), has moved in next door, with her hard partying friends. Mac and Kelly are trying to shut their parties and are going to need the help from Teddy (Zac Efron).

The first film was decent with its fair share of laughs. The sequel, has outdone itself, which provides more laughs. Plus seeing Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne playing parents that are trying to be responsible but slipping as there toddler daughter treating her mothers sex toy as a doll or expecting there daughter to not learn from there language. Then, there is Zac Efronâ(TM)s character, who is having trouble with his job, as they now prefer there models to wear shirts, and his best friend Pete (Dave Franco) is getting married to another guy and they break the news to Teddy that he needs to move out. Teddy still has trouble adjusting to responsibility and tries to move in back at the sorority house, only to be kicked out again. Teddy, switching sides, to helping Mac and Kelly in shutting down the sorority house is a fun idea. Especially, seeing Mac and Teddy, trying to bond from stupidity trying to cook to planning there attack to the girls to seeing them trying to escape a garage that they got locked in. There is so much more, to laugh about, if you love stupid humor or raunchy jokes. Plus seeing them trying to crash Shelby selling pot at a college event was also historical. With everything fun about Neighbors 2, like the first film and this, it does suffer from lacking a strong plot. When it is focused on one hilarious scene after another, as the sorority girls and Mac and Kelly are continuously trying to ruin each others day. Neighbors 2 does prove that sequels can be worthy sometimes, and be better than the last with being funny and having a fun group of cast that also bring the energy to their characters.