The Pink Panther 2
Second post, second movie and a sequel. Bad sequel of bad part one. Let’s be honest – restarting of one of the best comedy series in movie history was a risky move. But that could give huge money and respect from fans if it would be done just well (not brilliant – just well). But that task was supposingly to tough for the creators of both (new) Pink Panther movies. The first part was bad but not that bad. The second part is everything that should not be done with a movie. Director Harald Zwart (known from a movie Agent Cody Banks) made a terrible mistake. With such great actor team (Steve Martin, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Jean Reno, Jeremy Irons) he did nothing to entertain anyone in age above 13 years and in the same time he used such means of expression that his movie should not be reated as PG.
The story is supposed to be interesting, and could be but those unfunny gags all around just spoiled all the fun. Inspector Closeau is just weak shadow of brilliand Peter Sellers creation. While watching this new version I could not put away an impression that this movie was supposed to be a family comedy. But with all those low rated jokes this could not really succeed…
The Pink Panther 2, 2009. Directed by: Harald Zwart. Starring: Steve Martin, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Jean Reno, Jeremy Irons.
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