I've waited so long for this film. The original was the first movie I saw in the theaters with my daughter. My son was only about three years old, and my daughter was about a year old. Now my son is 18 and my daughter is almost 16. In the last 15 years we have re-watched and enjoyed the original many times, we were long overdue for a sequel!
Continuing the events of the end of the first film, our cast of heroes are battling The Underminer (John Ratzenberger)! This, however, doesn't go well, and the Underminer escapes having robbed the cities bank. Due to the destruction and failure to stop the Underminer, the hero program is cancelled and the Parr family are essentially fired.
Enter Winston and Evelyn Deavor; a brother and sister who have inherited a world wide telecommunication company with a goal of making it again legal to be a super hero. The Deavor's set their eyes on Mister Incredible (Craig T. Nelson), Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), and Fro-Zone (Samuel L. Jackson), to be their first heroes to wear body-cams in an effort to show the world what happens from the heroes point-of-view.
The Deavor's elect to have Elastigirl be the first of the heroes to enter the field with the body cam, and she quickly encounters ScreenSlaver (Bill Wise). ScreenSlaver uses hypnosis to control the minds of anyone who looks into his controlled screens. After a few terrorist acts, Elastigirl tracks down ScreenSlaver and captures him.
Meanwhile, Mr. Incredible, Bob, has been put in charge of the kids and the home. He also, inadvertently, had the mind of Violet's (Sarah Vowell) new beau wiped, and caused Tony (Michael Bird) to stand her up on their first date. Bob is also trying to help Dash (Huck Milner) decipher common core math. On top of everything else, Jack-Jack (Eli Fucile) has started displaying a wide range of uncontrollable powers. All Bob wants to do is join in the fight with his wife.
Bob, and Fro-Zone, get their chance to do battle with a group of supers who have been hypnotized by the real ScreenSlaver after the kids set them and Elastigirl free from the mind control. The Incredibles and Fro-Zone save the day and in doing so, convince the world that Supers are good and should be legalized again.
This sequel was a lot of fun, however, like most other sequels, falls short of the original. I wanted a super-villain on par with Syndrome (Jason Lee), and we just don't get that. Of course, there's only one Jason Lee! This was very funny and had great elements, it just didn't stand up to the original. The scenes with Edna (Brad Bird).
In closing, this film is definitely worth the price of admission. It's family friendly, and a ton of laughs. I just hope we don't have to wait another 15 years for episode 3!) were possibly the best in the film. Edna, who strongly reminds me of Linda Hunt from NCIS: Los Angeles fame, agrees to babysit Jack-Jack after he charms her heart with his cuteness and his abilities. Of course, she designs him a super-suit and invents a tablet to help Bob control Jack-Jack's powers.
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