Paul Blart is back and better than ever after 6 years of upholding and protecting the public citizens of his local mall in West Orange, NJ. His wife of 6 days leaves him and he loses his Mom unexpectedly, then Paul receives a letter that invites him and his daughter out to Las Vegas for a security convention for the elite mall cops, he is pulled into action to save his kidnapped daughter from art thieves at the Wynn Hotel and resort. Paul Blart's vacation to Las Vegas is cut short when his daughter Maya is kidnapped by an evil mastermind who is stealing valuable art. Now, the game of mall cops has changed, new gadgets and Paul Blart is losing fame. But now in time of emergency he must save the day once again. With a team of classic mall cops try to defeat the thief and save Maya before she is taken away. Can they complete the job or will all the art and Maya be taken away? I really liked the first Paul Blart movie but this one is just not up to par. I am a huge Kevin James fan but he goes too far with the character in this one and he is a bit of an idiot, although he does calm down and becomes more bearable as it goes on. It's still a relatively good movie to watch and Paul's daughter makes the movie! The story itself is pretty good and fits well with the whole Paul Blart theme. Some good acting from Raini Rodriguez and Neal McDonough throughout making the movie a lot more enjoyable. A couple of really touching moments in the movie and Kevin James does a good job at making it heartfelt. All in all it's worth a watch but it's not one of my favourites. There was something very uncomfortably embarrassing about the attempts at humor, similar to the feeling, as an example, you would get if a stand-up comedian came to a grade school and told bar jokes. Which was compounded by all the scenes of a self-centered, almost narcissistic, Paul Blart behavior towards others and even his daughter. Either not aware, or minimizing his daughters attempts at college and acceptance letter dates. Additionally, as an example of film for money I don't know which promoted themselves more, Blart or all the product and resort scene placements in the movie. For most of the film the story went nowhere but heading toward what was a predictable, right from the beginning, ending of redemption by foiling a pretty stupid heist (a heist routine used so often in film it deserves cliché status). Sequels are cynical by nature, but this one, with its casino product placement ad and director Andy Fickman apparently checking his text messages instead of trying to punch the limp gags into shape, is purely a paycheck. James may not deserve better, but the kids they’re pitching this to do.
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