Incredibles 2
18/07/18 Filed in: Cinema
We saw the first Incredibles film back in 2004 and, besides enjoying it immensely, we were amused that the two heroes, Bob and Helen, shared the same names as us. Naturally with the release of the sequel we had to see it and we went last Friday on its release date.
Superheroes have been made illegal, or at least their superhero activities have. So when Bob and Helen leap into action to stop the Underminer robbing the city bank, causing an immense amount of collateral damage in the process, the government shuts down the Superhero Relocation Program, leaving them and their three children without financial assistance. Their superhero friend, Lucius Best (Frozone) tells them about an offer he's received from Winston Deavor, a super-rich superhero fan. Deavor's idea is to arrange a publicity stunt that will rekindle the public's support for Supers.
Deavor instals the family in one of his splendid homes and Helen is chosen to perform the stunt, immediately injuring Bob's pride. What's more, Bob is left looking after the kids, which turns out to be a task more demanding than his superhero exploits, especially when baby Jack-Jack begins to display a wide range of hitherto unknown super powers. To add to his woes, their son Dash is struggling with his maths, and the daughter Violet is angry after her boyfriend's memory was wiped to make him forget that he saw her unmasked. Unfortunately he forgets her altogether!
Meanwhile Helen takes on Screenslaver, a high-tech villain who mesmerises victims with hypnotic transmissions that can also be incorporated into spectacles put on victims, which in turn include Frozone and a motley collection of superheroes who look a bit like they've come from the Cantina in the original Star Wars film. So it turns out to be Helen against the rest, but she pulls it off and everything seems set for the superheroes to once again be accepted as defenders of the public. But that would, of course, be too easy. There is a more sinister underlying plot, which far from redeeming the superheroes will result in them being forever disbanded, and we find that Screenslaver is far from vanquished. With Bob now also under his spell the three kids take up the fight and turn out to be just as resourceful as their parents.
This film continues where the first left off and is equally enjoyable. The real surprise is Jack-Jack, whose powers are first revealed at the house against a marauding racoon while an exhausted Bob sleeps off the cumulative effects of baby-sitting. A brilliant sequence that brought back memories of the luckless sabre toothed squirrel Scrat from the Ice Age films.
Meanwhile Helen takes on Screenslaver, a high-tech villain who mesmerises victims with hypnotic transmissions that can also be incorporated into spectacles put on victims, which in turn include Frozone and a motley collection of superheroes who look a bit like they've come from the Cantina in the original Star Wars film. So it turns out to be Helen against the rest, but she pulls it off and everything seems set for the superheroes to once again be accepted as defenders of the public. But that would, of course, be too easy. There is a more sinister underlying plot, which far from redeeming the superheroes will result in them being forever disbanded, and we find that Screenslaver is far from vanquished. With Bob now also under his spell the three kids take up the fight and turn out to be just as resourceful as their parents.
This film continues where the first left off and is equally enjoyable. The real surprise is Jack-Jack, whose powers are first revealed at the house against a marauding racoon while an exhausted Bob sleeps off the cumulative effects of baby-sitting. A brilliant sequence that brought back memories of the luckless sabre toothed squirrel Scrat from the Ice Age films.