101 Dalmatiner 2 - Auf kleinen Pfoten zum großen Star!

Let's face it, the first was revolutionary as well as a classic all-time, this one, well, let's just say it's not as good, but it's still pretty entertaining, even though the story was a bit like the first one. All in all, this is certainly in my top 5 in terms of Disney pre / mid /sequals.

The plot is decent and the animation is good; I recommend it to children and fans of the first movie.

101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure (2002) is a movie my daughter and I watched together on Disney+. The storyline follows one of the 101 Dalmatians, Patch, on another adventure to rescue his family from Cruella Deville and her thief partners. This time Patch will be aided by his TV super hero friend, Thunderbolt, who has some lessons to learn along the way himself. This movie is codirected by Jim Kammerud and Brian Smith, who also codirected Little Mermaid 2, and contains the voices of Martin Short (Three Amigos), Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), Barry Bostwick (Rocky Horror Picture Show) and Susanne Blakeslee (The Fairly Odd Parents). The storyline for this picture is fun in a made for kids kind of way. I did like that the animation style felt very similar to the original in many ways. The Thunderbolt character and depiction was well done and entertaining. Overall this is a fun family film that is far from a classic but your children will enjoy. I would score this a 5.5/10 and recommend seeing it once.

My opinion for the movie is funny and great! Patch "felt lost in a sea of spots". I know. That line is getting old, but SO WHAT!?

Patch soon meets his hero, Thunderbolt, in a contest. But, with his bad bark ("Who sat on a squeaky toy?") It's obvious he's not going to win.

Meanwhile, Lil. Lightning, Thunderbolts spunky (and, I must say, kinda cute) sidekick has turned dark in the lead dog's shadow. Good pun, huh? Anyway, he tricks Thunderbolt into thinking he's going to be killed off the show and replaced. And that the only way to remain on the show would be to do something heroic in the real world. Thunderbolt falls for it.

As for Cruella de Vil? She's being kept out of every fur shop in London, as part of her parole. She soon meets up with pop-artist, Lars, who works on painting spots. She decides to give him an inspiration by re-stealing the puppies and giving them to him as a gift. But Lars quickly rejects when he learns what Cruella plans to do with them.

As the trailer says, this movie shows the difference between acting like a hero and being one. It also shows that you can be a one-of-a-kind if you put your mind to it. One minor lesson is that if at first you don't succeed, try, try, and try again.

Patch is a good-hearted adventurous pup, Thunderbolt is the fame-loving canine superstar, Lil. Lightning is his spunky and cute backstabbing sidekick mutt, Cruella is not allowed to buy furs, Jasper and Horace are scared of her, her car is still broken down from what happened in the first movie, Pongo has a bad habit of loosing count of the dalmations... it's hard to write down in one review every piece I like about this movie.

It is sweet, really.

Patch was always my favourite Dalmation pup, and he is just too cute in this movie.

It's funny in parts, too. I think the voice-work is really well done, as well as the animation.

It's predictable in some parts, but hey, so was the original which was great! So, I think this was a really well done sequel.

I gave it 7/10. It's not as good as the original. But it's not bad y'know. Not bad.

It's a film I'd recommend 'dog-film' fans for sure. Total puppy cute.