Inspector Gadget 2
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Movie Reviews of Inspector Gadget 2
Movie Review: Mindless Entertainment Kids Will Love
Summary: 4 Stars
Inspector Gadget is bored. He's been so effective at fighting crime, there's no more crime for him to fight in the city of Riverton. He's been so effective, that the police department is proud to unleash G2, a new, all robot upgrade in the form of a female detective. While smitten with love at first sight, Gadget is crushed when G2 is assigned the case of the escaped Dr. Claw. With Penny's prodding's, he conducts his own investigation, but his glitches keep ruining the day. Will he keep his job? Will anyone ever catch Dr. Claw?With all new actors (except D. L. Hughley as the voice of the Gadetmobile), this movie feels completely different from the first live action movie. On the plus side, they stuck more to the conventions of the cartoon series, such as hiding Dr. Claw's face. However, this movie doesn't have the humor of the original, relying mostly on slapstick to get laughs. While it works, adult fans of the original will be disappointed. The villain's plan is one of the most original means of committing a crime, and I loved watching the results once I finally figured out what they were up to.
Kids were obviously the target audience of this film, and they'll love watching Gadget bumble into one mess after another. Adults will be entertained as well, even if not to the extent that the first film led us to hope for.
Movie Review: More like the cartoon
Summary: 4 Stars
I've seen both the first and second Inspector Gadget movies. I was (and still am) a huge fan of the Inspector Gadget cartoon show (one of my all time favorites, actually), so I was really looking forward to when the first one came out. I was sorely disappointed in it. I found this one to be better. Here are some of my reasons:
1. My favorite character from the cartoon is Penny. I'm glad to see she got more screen time in this movie than in the first one.
2. I found French Stewart's Gadget to be more of a bumbling doofus than Matthew Broderick. Stewart's Gadget, to me, was a lot more like the Gadget in the original cartoon.
3. The biggest mistake they made in the first one: Dr. Claw. You are NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE HIS FACE!!!!! Adding an actual claw for a hand is a nice touch, though. Also, in the first one, Rupert Everett was too young to play Claw. I don't know who played him in this one, but the voice was better as well. It was raspier than what Rupert Everett did in the first one.
All in all, I felt this movie was more like the cartoon than the first one. I'm not a fan of live action movies based on cartoons, but I found this to be a good remake.
Movie Review: Not bad but disappointing
Summary: 4 Stars
I like many was disappointed with this movie. First off French- I MEAN FREE Stewart is not the kind of actor who should play IG. Matt Broderick was a perfect fit, he gave energy to the role, Stewart acts like wood. So does Elaine Hendrix who is supposed to be the COOL Gadget, instead both her and Stewart slump into The Home Depot and slack off because they are bored. That's my ... joke for today. Anyway, the movie is slightly ..., but I found some good in it. It was funny at some parts, but another thing I didn't enjoy was that you never saw Claw's face in IG2, but in IG1, Rupert Everett played him magnificently without a flaw as Claw. But now the guy that plays him was taken out of the BAD ACTORS OF ALL TIME Hall of Fame, and we get stuck with a bad Claw. There were only two actors that played their parts good and that was Caitlin Wachs who played Penny and D.L. Hughley (THE ONLY RETURNING MEMBER FROM THE FIRST MOVIE) as the Gadgetmobile. But in other words, the movie is good at most areas and it is good for all audiences and should be viewed as fluff, not an epic motion picture like Braveheart.Watch it with an open mind and enjoy!Movie Review: Go-Go get it! - Fun for kids of all ages!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to tell you, I don't understand anyone wanting matthew broderick back as inspector gadget! I thought the first movie was terrible and that he was so unconvincing and wooden in the role! French Stewart, on the other hand, hits just the right balance of robotic-ness and humanity and imbues the character with much more heart AND light-heartedness. Gadget and his bumbling through life are quickly endearing. His dexterity with physical humour shines brightly (and i don't think we've seen the last of it from this actor).Elaine Hendrix ("The Parent Trap", "Superstar", etc.) does a wonderful job here as the new, improved, Gadget on the block, G2, who gets her "heart" from Gadget Version 1.0. her customing is brilliant with her electric blue eyes being brought out by her metallic blue leather gadget-suit.
The movie really MOVES, sounds and looks like a comic book come to life and, therefore, it's quite successful. A fun ride parents will enjoy taking with their kids. i know that we have enjoyed it more than once already! : )
Movie Review: Inspector Gadget 2
Summary: 4 Stars
My family and I watched the first Inspector Gadget and were disappointed. We weren't sure if we wanted to watch a second helping or not, but we gave it a try and we're glad we did! IG2 was funny, energetic, silly, and well done. We thought French Stewart played an endearing Inspector, we liked Claw's mysteriousness, and we enjoyed all of the computer generated images. Our kids are 7 and 8 years old and they followed the plot easily. They also understood most of the jokes and laughed out loud several times. We tried out all of the extras on the DVD and that provided even more laughing out loud moments for all of us. This movie was a winner.