The Pink Panther 2 stars Steve Martin as he reprises the role of intrepid-if-bumbling French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau. When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese) is forced to assign Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts. Martin is joined by his co-stars Jean Reno (as Ponton, his partner) and Emily Mortimer (as Nicole, the object of his awkward affections).Wow! This was pretty disappointing. I know that this remakes of the Pink Panther completely pale in comparison to the originals, but I found the first one hysterically funny in a family film kind of a way. I actually saw it in passing the other day on tv and was laughing my ass off. This one . . . . . not so much. There were a couple of laughs, but nowhere near the first one. This sequel actually played as completely flat as I expected the first one to. This is really sad considering how laugh out loud funny (although stupid) the first one was. How do you lose something so simple?
I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone. Kids might like it but there weren't even enough laughs to keep them fully interested.
