Overview

• The Bad Guys 2 opened in theaters on July 25 ahead of its official August 1 debut.
• Directed by Pierre Perifel and JP Sans, the sequel employs a hybrid “3D-made-to-look-like-2D” animation style with anime influences.
• Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos and Awkwafina lead a star-studded voice cast praised for elevating the film’s comedic heist.
• The narrative carries the reformed Bad Guys crew from a high-speed Cairo flashback through Mexican wrestling matches to an elaborate outer-space climax powered by a hijacked rocket.
• Some critics warn that the film’s ambitious scope and its deeper focus on recidivism occasionally strain its narrative coherence.