Fourteen years on (and after two Live Action pics), writer/director Brad Bird reanimates his INCREDIBLE Super Hero Family for more of the same. Much more of the same. Maybe too much more of the same! In this one, which picks up shortly after the first film ended, a new toddler in the family is ‘teething’ on newly developing, still uncontrollable Super Powers under Dad’s supervision while Mom is busy taking on ScreenSlaver, a new dastardly Super Villain who’s hypnotizing the world via video screens. The fun factor is largely the same as before, with fashionista Aunt Edna (a mash-up of actress Linda Hunt & costume designer Edith Head, voiced by Bird) again stealing the pic, this time with a brief stint of babysitting. If only the main storylines were as involving: Domestic Duty Dad pretty old hat sit-com territory while Mom stretches out standard procedure heroics that offer little but sound & fury. And Bird knows it, laying on CGI pyrotechnics to the point of exhaustion, an Amusement Park that’s all E-Ticket rides. Exceptionally well done yet vaguely disappointing.
DOUBLE-BILL: With a vibe that recalls the Roger Moore James Bond era, THE INCREDIBLES/’04 is great fun, and far better balanced than this sequel.
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