johnmwilson-99153 This film, regardless of what the young'uns say, carried on beautifully with the mocking critique it gives of its contemporary zeitgeist. Zoolander 2 takes the same noughties style, post-modern, south park-esque delight in mocking everything in pop culture it can and applies it to an era which is defined by how seriously one takes oneself and the levels of offence one can exclaim to have felt for anything. For me, there are some wonderful, laugh out loud moments in this film, Benedict Cumberbatch's appearance as 'All' was one of the highlights.In fairness it didn't quite meet the levels of the last film for the quality of the jokes, but the ironically low score it got on here made up for that. Well worth a watch if you're over 30 and enjoyed the first film

Screen_Blitz Ben Stiller's Derek Zoolander has returned, but he is nowhere as funny as the goofy fashion model we saw back in 2001, and neither are the actors who are left adrift in this comedic wasteland. 'Zoolander' is a popular film tat gradually gained a cult following for its clever, yet zany comedic energy and its ability to push the envelop. None of these are present here, and the floundering results of what transpires from Stiller and Justin Theoraux's script is a hot mess of a movie that fails to justify why a sequel was even remotely necessary. Ben Stiller and his co-star Owen Wilson have proved their comedic prestige numerous of times in the past. Just take a look back at the former in his role in the Hollywood satire 'Tropic Thunder'. It even makes it more disconcerting as to why these laugh-out-loud veterans let themselves drown in a sea where laughs are scarce and the gut-busting substance from its predecessor is left absent. Stiller reprises his role as Derek Zoolander, the former fashion model who has fallen from grace after his children's center is destroyed in an explosion that kills his wife Matilda (played by Christine Taylor) and his son (played by Cyrus Arnold) is taken away by Child Protection Services. When all hope seems lost, Zoolander is recruited by Billy Zane (playing himself) on a mission to Rome to take down the evil mastermind Mugatu (played by Will Ferrell) who has assassinated a large number of celebrities suited as secret agents. Reuniting with his best friend Hansel (played by Owen Wilson) who has resided with a family in Egypt, Zoolander must join forces with sexy central intelligence agent Valentina (played by Penelope Cruz) on a mission to bring down Mugatu, and possibly get his son back. This movie holds a large roster of celebrity cameos including Justin Bieber who bursts on screen in the extravagant opening action sequence, Katy Perry, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Tommy Hilfiger, Christina Hendricks, Kiefer Sutherland, and many, many others that are nearly impossible to remember. If that is not enough, perhaps I should mention Benedict Cumberbatch playing a transgender that gets treated to off-color jokes that hold the capacity to either to leave audiences chuckling or rolling their eyes. Aside from it feeling awkward and out of place, it is just an example of how this film believes that flashing popular show star on screen is somehow must to equate for laughs. Here's the sad news: it doesn't. It only becomes more of a tactic to distract us from the lack of laughs that pervade throughout the picture. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are left confined in the restraints of a script that fails to allow them to provide good jokes and limits to them to spewing countless one- liners, with only a fraction of them actually being laugh-worthy. Although the two are subject a genuinely funny moment or two, the rest of time sees the duo rehashing on run-of-the-mill silliness that might have been funny twenty years ago. And the subplot involving the titular character trying to rekindle his relationship with his son never sports any substance as opposed to the film which pushed the envelop with its politically-charged plot involving the assassination of the Malaysian prime minister. This movie is just too interested to playing things safe. Will Ferrell never delivers any bright moments nor does Penelope Cruz who is given relatively nothing to do other than serve as sex appeal which would have been more acceptable if she was actually funny. Zoolander 2 is not the comedic adventure we deserve nor does it justify why a follow-up to its 2001 cult classic was needed. Unfunny and depriving the charm of its predecessor, this movie is a hot mess that only spares evidence that the original film would have been better off as a stand-alone hit. Some sequels to comedy hits hit the right mark, but they come rarely and this movie is not one of them.

yufeii This is horrendous. The entire movie was so messy and atrocious.I didn't even know what exactly they were talking about the whole HOUR I sat there watching, trying my best not to get consumed by anger. I'm glad to see the rating did not go above 5. I legitimately walked out an hour after sitting there and getting my mind tortured by this piece of sh*t.

ElliesWonder Wacky and non senses cult film. The main guy Zoolander is the main character from Night of the Museum, I assume he is very famous in Hollywood (maybe?) , because there is a bunch of Hollywood celebrities cameos. Yet forgive me, I am not any of their fan or hater, so even the dead of Justin Bieber is meaningless to me. The movie just really really creepy, making no senses at all, so awkward to watch. Plot is empty and meaningless, some good reviews said this movie is an irony art to the fashion world? Sorry, I am not in the fashion industry. Normal people watch movie for fun, not exaggerated absurd, that is over and abrupt. I laughed none at all, so frowned upon to these lepers.