Good Burger 2

After watching the original one, I was excited for the sequel. I had kept my expectations low as I was not sure about the sequel.

For me, the movie was both silly and fun. The story was simple and childish (which it was meant to be) and story's concept was same as the original, the screenplay was an improvement over the original, the direction was simple and good and the performances were good. The humour was uneven, somewhere you laugh and somewhere the jokes fail to make you laugh.

Overall, it is a childish silly movie which is enjoyable to watch with your friends and family just like the original.

This movie still has a lot of the charm from the original, mainly in the dynamic between Ed and Dexter, which is what brings it up to this point. On the other hand, a lot of the plot points feel a little forced. It seems like it is trying too hard to appeal to a younger audience than to focus on a plot, which severely degrades the movie. It is also a lot less down to Earth, which takes out some of the charm that the first one had, which felt at least realistic to an extent. Overall, it holds a candle to the original in some ways, yet falls flat in many others, making it much more of a new business venture than an act of fan service to people who love the original.

Twenty-six years after successfully taking advantage of his partner's secret sauce, "Dexter Reed" (Kenan Thompson) is still trying to make a fortune off of get-rich-quick schemes. However, when his latest scheme ends up burning his house down and leaving him homeless, he turns to his old colleague "Ed" (Kel Mitchell) for a job and a place to stay. Naturally, being the nice person that he is, Ed quickly opens up his home and his heart to his old friend and even allows him to return to his old job at Good Burger. Yet even though he is genuinely thankful for Ed's assistance, Dexter's ambitions soon get the better of him as he subsequently negotiates with a powerful businessman named "Cecil McNevin" (Lil Rel Howery) to convince Ed to sell his rights to Good Burger over to Cecil in order to franchise the restaurant worldwide. Being an extremely trusting person, Ed follows Dexter's advice and signs the contract Cecil gives to him. What neither of them realize, however, is just how dishonest Cecil actually is--and this will have catastrophic consequences for the two of them. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this sequel turned out to be a little bit better than I initially thought it would. To further elaborate, I thought that the first film seemed rather erratic in nature--with some scenes being quite good, while other scenes weren't nearly as effective. This sequel, on the other hand, was more evenly balanced and seemed more polished. That being said, while I don't think the sequel was better than the original film, it wasn't necessarily any worse either, and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

Look this isn't a perfect flick. If you don't have a fondness for the original it's probably going to be downright silly and not very good.

But it has a ton of heart and nails the overall vibe of its first movie much much better than most sequels that come out 20 years later do. It's clearly made as a labor of love for the fans and for the performers to enjoy themselves and catch up with friends.

It's obvious nobody got paid massive amounts of money for this - in fact the budget may be even lower than the original. But who cares! The jokes are still the same, the actors are still bringing it and enjoying themselves, and the whole thing is just like the first - a fun way to spend 90mins laughing at simple jokes and watch kenan/kel absolutely kill it.

They're great in the leads and it's like nothing has changed between them despite everyone being quite a bit older. Just go in knowing its very simple and cheap, but also tries its hardest to keep up the spirit of the original.

I am not the target audience for this type of movie. I only got it, on DVD, because my public library added it. So all it "cost" me was perhaps 90 minutes of my retiree time. I didn't watch the original "Good Burger" so all I had was to judge this one on its own merits.

I usually know if I am invested in a movie after 15 minutes. At 9 minutes into this one I was pretty sure I would not. It was confirmed after 15 minutes. Where to start?

It opens with Ed having a dream, it turns out he was asleep on the counter of Good Burger. Then when he starts talking he has what might be the most annoying voice ever in a move role. Then it degrades from there.

There is a story, of risking everything, even the money of friends and family, for a chemical that renders a home impossible to burn. In the inaugural demonstration, complete with audience in lawn chairs, including investor Mark Cuban, it fails badly.

The rest of the movie is to save face and reject a plan to have the Good Burger sold.

Frankly I don't know who the audience might be for this movie. The characters are overly silly, the story is overly silly, and the resolution is overly silly. For me, a big, big miss.