The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) Review

"Yeah, I mean, I don't really have any free time. I kinda protect Bird Island from being attacked, and that's a full-time gig, so yeah."

Lets continue our Sony animation marathon with this sequel to the film based on the hit mobile game series where the birds have to team up with the pigs in order to fight a common enemy; The Angry Birds Movie 2.

Several years after the events of the first film, Red protects Bird Island from the pigs, led by King Leonard Mudbeard, who are in a prank war against the birds and have rebuilt Piggy Island.
One day, a giant ice ball from nearby Eagle Island hits the sea near Piggy Island, forcing the pigs to seek and agree to a permanent truce with the birds.
Zeta, the leader of Eagle Island, is angry with her frozen surroundings and wants to occupy the two islands by shooting ice balls from a superweapon to force their inhabitants to evacuate.
Red's two best friends, Chuck and Bomb, surprise and ask Red to join them in a speed dating activity, where Red meets Chuck's sister Silver, an engineering student, who deems Red incompatible.
Meanwhile, Zoe - the daughter of Red's classmate Terence and teacher Matilda - loses the eggs containing her unborn sisters while playing with her friends, Vincent and Samantha, so they try to recover the eggs.
Leonard visits and convinces Red to form an alliance, recruiting Chuck, Bomb, Silver, Mighty Eagle, and Leonard's new assistant Courtney.
A secret meeting in Mighty Eagle's cave gets disrupted when Zeta's superweapon hits Eagle Mountain, which alarms the other birds living on Bird Island.
As the team, now joined by pig gadgeteer Garry, travels to Eagle Island by submarine, Red assures the other birds that they do not need to evacuate. 
As they set off on their adventure, it's now up to the birds and pigs to confront Zeta and destroy the superweapon.

The story is actually pretty solid and a big improvement from the first movie as while there are still a few issues i have with it like some weak jokes and some bad attempts to try and be trendy, this sequel overall has a much better and more interesting plot that has some plot twists that i didn't see coming, there are some very funny jokes in this, the action scenes are a lot of fun, and it has it's own sense of heart and charm that does manage to be about on par with the charm of the games.
The humor in this movie is much better this time as while there are still a small handful of weak jokes that fail, a good chunk of the humor in this one does manage to hit it's mark and get some good laughs like some of the witty banter and dialogue between the characters, the gags and visual humor, the occasional slapstick, the dark humor and occasional adult joke,some of the gross-out humor, and so on.
This film also has a good amount of heart and charm that can almost match the charm of the games by having some pretty charming moments throughout the course of the movie.
The action scenes are still pretty fun, and there's several more this time as opposed to just saving it until the end like the first one did. These scenes would include the opening battle montage between the birds and the pigs, Red and the gang escaping from Eagle Mountain, and the climax where Red and the team take on Zeta and try to destroy the weapon.
The animation has received a good update from the first movie and does look pretty solid with the characters all having some pretty good designs that are accompanied by some very fluid and lively movements, the backgrounds and settings are very well crafted and do have some very nice details, and there are some pretty good special effects.
The characters are also a big upgrade as while the last movie did have a small handful of decent characters while everyone else was forgettable, this time around, even if they are still simplistic in terms of characterization and a couple of the more decent characters from the first movie like Terence and Matilda are reduced to just having cameos, almost everyone is pretty likable and memorable and do have some fun chemistry and dynamics, wit and humor, personality, and even some charm and charisma such as the returning characters from the first film like Red, Chuck, and Bomb, as well as some that are much better this time around like Leonard and the Mighty Eagle, who's name is revealed to be Ethan, and the new characters are also pretty good like Silver, Courtney, Zoe, Vincent, Samantha, Debbie, Glenn, and Zeta who's a pretty decent and fun villain.
The voice acting is still pretty solid as the voice actors do still manage to give some good performances like Jason Sudeikis as Red, Josh Gad as Chuck, Danny McBride as Bomb, Bill Hader as Leonard, Awkwafina as Courtney, Peter Dinklage as Ethan the Mighty Eagle, Rachel Bloom as Silver, Leslie Jones as Zeta, Tiffany Haddish as Debbie, and so on.
Heitor Pereira returns from the first movie to give this sequel a much more memorable and nice sounding score that is still well composed, and it does manage to capture the movie's comedic, charming, and adventurous score.

Overall, this sequel is a huge improvement over the first movie as this one is much more entertaining, funny, and charming. If you're a fan of the games, than this movie is worth checking out. It's even a good recommendation for casual viewers too.

Cast:
Jason Sudeikis as Red
Josh Gad as Chuck
Leslie Jones as Zeta
Bill Hader as King Leonard Mudbeard
Rachel Bloom as Silver
Awkwafina as Courtney
Sterling K. Brown as Garry
Eugenio Derbez as Glenn
Tiffany Haddish as Debbie
Danny McBride as Bomb
Suzanne Waters as Bomb's Opera Voice
Peter Dinklage as Ethan "Mighty" Eagle
Pete Davidson as Jerry
Zach Woods as Carl
Dove Cameron as Ella
Maya Rudolph as Matilda
JoJo Siwa as Jay and Kira
Tony Hale as Mime
Lil Rel Howery as Alex
Nicki Minaj as Pinky
Beck Bennett as Hank and Brad Eagleberger
Gaten Matarazzo as Bubba
Brooklynn Prince as Zoe
Genesis Tennon as Vincent
Alma Varsano as Samantha
Faith Margaret Kidman-Urban as Beatrice, Sophie
Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban as Lily, Isla
Colleen Ballinger as Roxanne
David Dobrik as Axel
Alex Hirsch as Steve
Anthony Padilla as Hal
Mason Ramsey as Oliver
Thurop Van Orman as Duck, Seal
Ally Garrett as Pig Mother, Snakelets
John Cohen as Eagle Detector
Sean Charmatz as Invisible Pig, Teacher
Kelly Prizeman as Bomb's Momb
Nolan North as Terence
Josh Engel as Dude Bird
Asher Bishop as Scott
Hazel Van Orman as Hazel
Leif Van Orman as Leif
David C. Smith as the Grumpy Dad
John Rice as Quad Bird
Nova Reed as Ally
Kaci Simotas as Anders
Eliza Cohen as Jenny
Samantha Cohen as Bailey
Isla Andrews as Eloise
Newell Alexander as an Eagle Guard
Rosemary Alexander as an Eagle Guard
Steve Alterman as Late Riser Bird, Waiter Bird
Steve Apostolina as a Eagle Guard, Bird on radio, Crab
Tom Bromhead as Eagle Guard
David Cowgill as Submarine Conductor, Walkie-Talkie Eagle 
Grey Griffin as Mother Snake
Bridget Hoffman as Olive Blue
Richard Steven Horvitz as Eagle Guard in crowds
Rif Hutton as Announcer Pig
Joyce Kurtz as Dahlia
Joanna Leeds as a Pink Bird
Scott Menville as a Minion Pig
David Michie as a Eagle Guard
Michelle Ruff as a Worm
Michael Sorich as Muscular Eagle Guard
Kelly Stables as Willow, a worm, a snakelet
Lynanne Zager as Computer

Crew:
Directed by Thurop Van Orman
Screenplay by Peter Ackerman, Eyal Podell, and Jonathon E. Stewart
Produced by John Cohen
Music by Heitor Pereira

Misc.
Based on "Angry Birds" by Rovio Entertainment
Production companies: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Rovio Entertainment
Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date: August 14, 2019
Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes