Overview

• The Bad Guys 2 opened August 1 under directors Pierre Perifel and JP Sans, reuniting the original creative team and voice cast led by Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron and Awkwafina.
• DreamWorks’s distinctive pop-up book aesthetic blends 3D character animation with hand-drawn backgrounds across globe-trotting set pieces from Cairo to an orbiting space station.
• Reviewers applaud the film’s playful homage to Ocean’s Eleven, Fast & Furious and James Bond, citing its rapid-fire action and witty genre nods.
• The all-female Bad Girls gang, led by Danielle Brooks’s Kitty Kat with Maria Bakalova and Natasha Lyonne, injects fresh stakes into the reformed crew’s one last heist.
• Some critics caution that the sequel’s ambitious plot and large ensemble leave limited room for character arcs, though robust voice performances keep the story engaging.