Film Review – The Bad Guys 2

2022’s “The Bad Guys” began life as a book series by author Aaron Blabey, but the writer has gone far beyond his original premise of animal hoodlums and their battle with decency. Blabey’s imagination has taken the series into downright cosmic directions, following his creative impulses into challenging narrative territory, making for an unexpected ride of risk-taking storytelling, especially in the world of children’s literature. The brain-scramble approach hasn’t come for the cinematic incarnation of “The Bad Guys,” which remains content to be just a good time for young audiences, keeping up with animal high jinks and heavy action, really playing up the master criminal aspect of the series. “The Bad Guys 2” is more of the same, quietly denying Blabey’s insanity while it moves forward with cartoon bigness, generating a second helping of colorful characters and bright voice work, while animation remains stylish for this return to criminal temptation for the morally dubious bandits. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com