Film Review – Rio 2

These days, if an animated film hits big at the box office, there’s no way a studio is going to stop the party at one installment. With 2011’s “Rio,” there isn’t much room for extension, with the production doing a solid storytelling sweep, leaving few unanswered questions behind. However, with nearly a half-billion in global grosses, the screenwriters have dreamed up an all new adventure for fraidy-cat Spix’s macaw, Blu, who arrives with a few new friends, a soundtrack of songs, and a different destination. Missing the freshness and unexpected charm of the original effort, “Rio 2” is more entertaining than stimulating, with the strain to keep the money train rolling showing through much of the feature. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com