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The Bad Guys 2 opens with the tale of their heist from five years ago, bringing everyone up to speed with what the gang have been doing since the first film from 2019, which is useful for those who never saw it, like myself…
…and yes, I could’ve caught up with it, but when a sequel comes along to an animation I’ve never seen, I figure it’ll be quite similar, so I’d rather have the ‘wow factor’ on the big screen.
They’ve been trying to go straight – albeit with Wolf (Sam Rockwell – IF) getting sick of going for job interviews – but the Phantom Bandit is now out there, setting them up for a fall, faking their robberies for the world to see, and stealing items made from MacGuffinite… MacGuffin being a generic term for a movie’s plot device. This is not Shakespeare, so it’ll work in this context.
Ultimately, female baddie trio Kitty Kat (Danielle Brooks – A Minecraft Movie), Doom (Natasha Lyonne – Smurfs) and Pigtail Petroya (Maria Bakalova – The Apprentice) – who, for some reason, are portrayed as a trio of butch lesbians – rope Wolf & co. into stealing the obviously Elon Musk-inspired MOON-X rocket, but if they do, that’ll put them back on the wrong side of the law. What to do?
Meanwhile, for Wolf, his romantic interest, Diane Foxington (Zazie Beetz – Joker: Folie À Deux), has a secret to reveal, which she’s been hiding for years, but overall, The Bad Guys 2 brings us brilliant frenetic animation with good comic timing to the jokes, and I found this far more entertaining than I was expecting.
I’d welcome a sequel, although while the first film took $250.4m based on an $80m budget, this one spent the same, but has only recouped $51m after two weeks, so a third film is not looking likely.
NOTE: There is a both a mid- AND post-credits scene. Check out the video below for the info.
The Bad Guys 2 is in cinemas now, and is available to pre-order on Blu-ray and DVD.
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 105 minutes
Release date: July 25th 2025
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cinema: Odeon Trafford Centre
Rating: 7/10
Directors: Pierre Perifel, JP Sans
Producer: Damon Ross
Screenplay: Yoni Brenner, Etan Cohen
Books: Aaron Blabey
Music: Daniel Pemberton
Cast:
Wolf: Sam Rockwell
Snake: Marc Maron
Shark: Craig Robinson
Piranha: Anthony Ramos
Tarantula: Awkwafina
Kitty Kat: Danielle Brooks
Doom / Susan: Natasha Lyonne
Pigtail Petroya: Maria Bakalova
Diane Foxington / Crimson Paw: Zazie Beetz
Professor Marmalade: Richard Ayoade
Tiffany Fluffit: Lilly Singh
Commissioner Misty Luggins: Alex Borstein
Handsome Jorge Garcia: Jaime Camil
The Billionare: Omid Djalili
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