The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

Loud, silly and tired. Aside from an almost-fun Jackie Chan cameo, this is enough to give anyone a severe nut allergy.

The computer graphics are ugly and dated, the plot a clump of clichés, and with one notable exception, you can almost hear the voice cast scrolling through their phones in the recording booth.

It's a decent if unexceptional family option.

The pun-heavy script ("I am a weapon of mouse destruction," offers Jackie Chan's rodent) and the animation is almost as low-rent as one might expect from a film called The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature. Almost. Bring back Psy.

The Nut Job 2 goes full throttle on the timely stuff, resulting in a (slightly) more thoughtful and entertaining outing.

A searing indictment of capitalistic government corruption

So from all this, I think you can see I didn't really care for this movie, I think people should really sit this one out and let it fail so that hopefully they learn not to put out a project like this into the market just to make a little cash.

Fans of the first film may like this more coherent sequel but otherwise The Nut Job 2 is pretty forgettable stuff, and seems unlikely to generate a third movie.

The story is predictable, but it is much better that the sleep-inducing first movie... But go watch it as a standalone film, and you will be fine.

I think this is a significant step up from the first one in almost every way.