Review of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) by Cheryl L — 30 Aug 2015

Review:

I really don't know how this movie made three times the budget because the storyline is ridiculous. The jokes were really bad and the far fetched plot just went from bad to worse. Anyway, it's about a mall cop, Paul Blart, who is feeling pretty depressed after his wife has left him and his mum gets run over by a milk truck, so he heads to Vegas with his daughter to spend some time with her before she heads to college. He's also been invited to an security officer award ceremony in a posh hotel so they pack there bags and they make there way there. His daughter immediately falls for one of the porters so she spends most of her time with him while Paul is preparing his speech and checking out the security in the hotel. He then finds out that another officer is giving the speech but on the day, he is too drunk to say a word so Blart takes over. His daughter mistakenly walks into a heist of people trying to steal some expensive paintings from the hotel and so she calls on her dad to save her life, along with the porter who is also mixed up in the whole mess. Blart then recruits some of the other security officers to help save his daughter but it's Blart who saves the day, as usual. This movie did take me some time to watch because I kept on falling asleep, out of shear boredom. It goes from one crazy scene to the next and the actors, especially Kevin James, just seemed to make complete fools of themselves. The whole painting scam was a shambles and I cant believe that the professional killers got taken out by a bunch of amateurs that didn't have a clue about what they were doing. Anyway, I'm sure that there going to make another Paul Blart movie because of the profit that this one made but I will be staying clear of it. Awful!

Round-Up:

Kevin James has made quite a hefty sum from making a fool out of himself, $1.2Billion to be exact but his biggest achievement to date is his role in Hitch which made $370million worldwide. At 50 years old, he is a bit of a late bloomer because he didn't start making movies until 2002 were he had a small role in Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio. He then played cameo roles in 50 First Date and Hitch and he added his voice to Monster House, Barnyard and Hotel Transylvania which made $358million worldwide. After starring in a couple of TV series, he finally hit the big screen alongside Adam Sandler in 2007 with I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry which made $186million worldwide. Since then, his career has been pretty impressive but were yet to see another side to his acting. He did have a slightly serious side in Here Comes The Boom but he still ended up making a fool out of himself. Anyway, the film was directed by Andy Fickman whose known for his comedy movies like the Game Plan, She's The Man, Race To Witch Mountain, You Again and Parental Guidance with Billy Crystal and Bette Midler. Judging by his previous work, I'm not surprised with the outcome of this movie because he seems to like light hearted fun with silly jokes and not that much depth. Personally, I couldn't stand this movie because I just didn't find it that funny but they will keep on bringing out movies like this because they make so much money.

Budget: $30million.

Worldwide Gross: $107million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their comedies about a mall cop who goes to Las Vegas for a security award ceremony with his daughter and ends up saving her life after she witnesses a heist. 2/10.