Incredibles 2

Year: 2018
Director: Brad Bird
Voice cast: Craig T Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L Jackson, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner, Catherine Keener, Bob Odenkirk, John Ratzenberger


Plot: When the Parr family fail to stop the Underminer from robbing the bank and causing damage to the city, they are forced to relocate and go back to being regular citizens again, until a wealthy fan of superheroes comes forward and offers Helen to become Elastigirl and put superheroes back on the map. 


Review: It has been 14 years since the first Incredibles movie, and honestly I can barely recall that film now. But Pixar and Incredibles fans can now rejoice, because writer/director Brad Bird has created a sequel that will please them and non fans as well.

In this sequel, the Parrs are forced to relocate to a motel after failing to stop the Underminer (a direct follow up from the first film, in a superb action sequence at the start). A wealthy fan named Winston Deavor calls Bob, Helen and fellow hero Frozone to a meeting and proposes to make superheroes welcome to the world again. As a start, he hires Helen to put on her Elastigirl costume and do good work fighting crime, leaving Bob as a stay-at-home dad, much to his chagrin. But while Bob struggles to look after the kids, Helen faces off against a mysterious villain called the Screenslaver.

This time around, Bird does a switcheroo, where Bob becomes the house husband and Helen goes out to save the world. Helen certainly stands out as the main hero of the story, with her eldest child Violet coming into her own as well here as a teenage girl dealing with a boy problem. Jack-Jack almost steals the show as his powers start to manifest, and he has over a dozen to play with! One thing's for sure, the whole Parr family look good on screen and they really come together convincingly as a family that sticks together despite all their arguing.

Pixar's animation is top notch so I need not say much about that. But Bird certainly succeeds in upping the ante on the action sequences. There are plenty to behold here, and they come fast and hard. Each member of the Parrs, and even Frozone gets to shine in their own way here. Not forgetting of course, Edna Mode, voiced by Bird himself, making an appearance in order to help Jack-Jack deal with his abilities.

If the film has any weakness, it would be the slightly complex plot on the Screenslaver's motives, which the younger audience members might find difficult to comprehend, especially in the way it is presented. Other than that, the film is an exciting adventure all the way.

Needless to say, Incredibles 2 is an incredible movie, pun intended. (8.5/10)