Food, Inc. 2

Despite the manic pace, a sturdy case is also made that decades of near-monopolies have left the US food chain anything but a free market.

Elsewhere, much of the original’s hard-hitting material is reformulated and restated, and it hits even harder.

There’s nothing new here for even casual followers of the food crisis. But it will make you think twice about what you put in your supermarket basket.

This is an engaging and watchable activist documentary that does make way for optimism in its last minutes.

Food, Inc. 2 follows the formula of its predecessor so closely, it’s difficult to understand why it was made at all.

The danger is the same, they say, as it was back in 2008: “Monopoly power is a threat to our freedom.”

Ranging from enraged to hopeful, this sequel may lack the original's explosive quality, but it still offers important information.

A glimmer of hope towards the end of the film suggests that the food we eat doesn't necessarily have to come with a bad aftertaste.

WHILE the subject is worthwhile and the topics raised are not unappetising, this sequel to the 2008 Oscar-nominated documentary does taste rather dry and overdone.

The doc's dark stroll through our world of processed food left me seeking more than a sprinkle of hope. And better non-fiction cinema.