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Wes's Grade: D-
Unfunny and unnecessary "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" stakes its claim as one of the worst of the year
Get on your segway and hightail it away from the worst new comedy of the year, Kevin James' "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2," an unnecessary and unfunny sequel to the inexplicably terrible 2009 comedy "Paul Blart: Mall Cop." Unless, you're a huge Kevin James fan and really, really want to see this dreck, I'd stay far away from it. After six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart (James) has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to college. But safety never takes a holiday and when duty calls, Blart answers. We wish the filmmakers did their duty and didn't inflict this horrible comedy known as "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" on us, given how bad the first one was. Directed by Andy Fickman ("The Game Plan") and co-written by James and Nick Bakay, "Paul Blart 2" is a big piece of dreck and an embarrassment for all involved, particularly James, who should've known better. Set in Las Vegas with the hapless Blart trying to stop a criminal (Neal McDonough) from stealing a bunch of casino loot, it's sloppy, unfunny, sappy and plays to the most annoying and grating habits of James, his special ability to mug or play to the lowest common denominator, which ultimately shows what a true slob he is. The only redeeming qualities (and there are few), is the fact it has lovely Disney TV star Raini Rodriguez as Blart's smart daughter, who may help appeal to families, and it features all-too brief appearances from "SNL" vets Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon as hotel guests. Sure, it's blandly wholesome in a very dumb way, but you'd be hard-pressed to find many, if any laughs at all in the dreadful "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2," whose most memorable performance comes from slick Segway's featured in the film, and the Segway people would've surely reconsidered having their products so prominently featured if they knew how bad this was going to be. Do your duty and stay away from this awful movie, which was unsurprisingly brought to you by Adam Sandler's production company, Happy Madison.
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