stormhawk2018 In 2000, Bill Clinton still was the President of the United States; the Twin Towers were erect; John Paul II was the Pope; and a movie called "Miss Congeniality" appeared. This movie was good and better than their sequel, because it was funny and delivered us some laughs. Don't forget Gracie Hart's catchphrase: "And the World's peace!"Five years later, in 2005, George W. Bush started his second period as the President of the United States, the Twin Towers were destroyed, Pope John Paul II died after a long illness, invasion to Iraq was in their peak, North Korea announced it's possession of nuclear weapons...and the film "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous", which is bad than the original one as the other things that happened on that year.This film tries desperately to cling to the formula of the first film, but without the slob-makeover aspect it loses a lot. Instead somehow Hart is changed by her new look and becomes as superficial as the women she despises in the first film. That seems like an odd personality shift: from a tough FBI agent to a FBI Barbie. As a result of Hart's new personality they have to write in a tough-as-nails partner to keep the action going. Oh, but don't forget that a gay stylist added something to the first film so instead of thinking of a new idea they just include a new gay stylist. Despite this desperate grab to add comedy they don't manage to draw a single laugh in the whole movie.The story is so blah and uninteresting. The clues that Hart finds are extremely obvious and make you wonder what, if anything, the rest of the FBI was doing to solve the case. Perhaps they, like the audience, just didn't care that much about the ransom victims. There are so many plot holes that make zero sense, so many plot points that are added for no apparent reason, and at the end they give the audience the ultimate slap in the face. After spending the whole movie establishing that Hart can't be an ordinary agent because of her notoriety, they make her an agent anyways, as if this new story didn't add to her fame. Basically they copped out because they couldn't figure out a good resolution for the character so they just wrote the ending they thought the audience would like best. That's what Miss Congeniality 2 is all about, trying to cater to an audience instead of trying to tell a good story.P.S.: To the reviewer John Ochiai, yeah sure, it seemed funny to you see a white girl and a black girl fighting themselves, because you are from Asian origin (Japanese). If you're from Japanese descent, you can choose instead the girls from the Super Sentai shows, these are million times better than Bullock and King together.

Python Hyena Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005): Dir: John Pasquin / Cast: Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Heather Burns, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson: Fabulous is hardly a word to describe this pathetic geek show about confidence. Sandra Bullock returns as Gracie Hart who moves up to promoting the image of the F.B.I. through talk shows until her beauty pageant friend and emcee are kidnapped. Typical sequel is pointless and stupid. Director John Pasquin does what he can with absolutely nothing. He previously made the creative Christmas comedy The Santa Clause but none of that creative process is featured here. Bullock has been playing this persona her whole career and it's getting old. Her snorting doesn't help any either. Regina King is pretty standard as Bullock's bodyguard whom she will be at odds with before the screenplay throws in the predicted kiss and makeup session. Heather Burns and William Shatner play the kidnap victims but this is probably within their favour seeing that the film sucks and being forced away can only improve their association with it. Ernie Hudson also makes an appearance although it must have occurred to him that this is nowhere near as rewarding as Ghostbusters. While production is passable the screenplay is a by the numbers deals existing because the first overrated junk made money. Lame sequel would make a great object for target practice. Score: 3 / 10

Desertman84 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous is a comedy that serves as a sequel to the 2000 film Miss Congeniality.It features Sandra Bullock together with Regina King,Enrique Murciano,William Shatner,Ernie Hudson,Heather Burns,Diedrich Bader and Treat Williams. Three weeks after the events of the first film, FBI agent Gracie Hart has become a celebrity after she infiltrated a beauty pageant on her last assignment. The FBI uses her notoriety to generate positive PR for the bureau; however, Gracie would like to get back to some solid police work, especially after scuffling with fellow female agent "Sam" Fuller, who isn't impressed with Gracie. Despite their differences, the two find themselves working side by side when two of Gracie's pals from the pageant -- contest winner Cheryl Frasier and master of ceremonies Stan Fields -- were kidnapped.After the viewer is presented with a charmer in the first film,the sequel just comes up with the same formulaic screenplay that basically worked in the original.Too bad that it does not provide anything new that what Sandra Bullock does in it has basically been presented in the previous film.Overall,it just lacks something new and everything becomes basically predictable from beginning to end.

jessegehrig Sometimes in my life I go out I see a movie, one of the times I did that, it was for this movie. There is beauty in this world and rarer still there is truth, also, separate from truth and beauty, there is Miss Congenital 2. Hey, first film was good, I did enjoy Miss Congeniality, it was fun and warm, sequel is not. Sucks because plot is weak and obvious, rehashed ideas- and really that's this movie's only flaw. But think of this, production value and the quality of acting was all there, everyone did great, everything is in place for a great movie, EXCEPT THE PLOT. The sh*t plot of this movie is why this sequel sucks. Nail the writing, then get the money flowing, doing it the other way never works.