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The movie begins with Thornton’s Willie once again in the grip of alcoholism-fuelled depression and flirting hard with suicide. He’s saved by a seemingly inopportune visit from now-neighbour Thurman, who brings tidings from Cox’s Marcus. Willie is less than thrilled to hear from his one-time partner in crime and even less thrilled upon being persuaded to visit Chicago, where Willie learns the brains behind a new job is his long-estranged criminal mother, Sunny.
The trio is going undercover to rob a popular and lucrative children’s charity, but it’s alright, really, because the crooked head of the charity skims almost all their earnings for his own enrichment anyway.
Said head has a beautiful wife, played by Hendricks, who’s entirely innocent and also a recovering alcoholic. She takes some pity on Willie, who has trouble holding things together even as he’s casing the joint.
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However, especially in its portrayal of Thurman, who here isn’t so much misunderstood and unloved as he is dumber than a bag of rocks, this sequel actively devalues the compassion-on-the-knife-edge-of-misanthropy that distinguished the original in favour of a mainstream gross-out cartoon.
This is definitely screening for us this Christmas and we are going to be sure not to take the kiddies to this cheeky festive movie.
Click here to view the trailer. It's a great movie to watch these Christmas holidays!
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