Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Screen Rant reviewsNight at the Museum 2
What ’s there to say about the the sequel to the firstNight at the Museum ? It ’s a bite of fluff , something to take the minor to where you might be gently entertained without have to worry about anything vile where your shaver are need .
The story pick up a few class after the first film , with Larry Daley ( Ben Stiller ) now a successful businessman . He has a knack for infomercial - type invention and is doing very well - financially anyway . He still jaw the museum from fourth dimension to fourth dimension to chat with his night - invigorate brother , but not as often as he used to . It turn out that most of the museum piece are being replaced by newfangled holographic projection version , with the current one being shipped off to storage at the Smithsonian , to be crated forever .
He attempts to intervene but it ’s a guinea pig of too little , too late - but of course the day is not lost . One thing lead to another and Egyptian prince Kahmunrah ( Hank Azaria ) is awaken with thoughts of world domination on his mind . In the procedure we once again fit Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt , Owen Wilson as Jebediah Smith the pint sized cowboy , along with new characters General Custer ( played well by Bill Hader ) and Amelia Earhart ( played by the forever cute and perky Amy Adams ) .
This pic seemed to be more about the performances than the genuine account , and there was an interesting congeries of character here . The oddest of the bunch had to be Hank Azaria as the Egyptian prince … he was quite the unpaired compounding here - being just a flake older than him and with the fact he ’s always been known as a comedic character actor , I was struck by how he buff out for the role . What made it weirder was the fact that for some reason the vocalisation they choose for his character was a bad Boris Karloff impersonation with a lisp cast off in for beneficial measure .
Funny ? Maybe . Weird ? Most definitely .
Beyond that Amy Adams was perky to the degree of annoyance ( for me , anyway ) but the older fashion skin - tight pants she wore kind of made up for that ( what can I say ? ) . :-P I enjoyed Bill Hader ’s execution as Custer and brief cameo by Ricky Gervais and Jonah Hill were both quite fishy . However as common ( for me ) Ben Stiller just seemed … odd . He has a flavor of humor that while I do n’t hate it , I just do n’t get it and it does n’t crop for me .
gratefully it ’s a fairly short film , clocking in well under two hours . It ’s not awful , but nowhere near great - sort of take it or leave behind it film . But if you ’re a parent with some little ones and you ’re hungry for movies to take the kinfolk to without worrying about anything offensive , it ’s a good one to go see . For anyone else , you ’ll need to be a Ben Stiller fan - otherwise it ’s a definite lease .
Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian is the first subsequence to Shawn Levy ’s 2006 comedy . Ben Stiller returns as museum security guard duty Larry Daley , who must now stop the evil Pharaoh Kahmunrah ( Hank Azaria ) from taking over the Smithsonian Institution . Other returning appendage of the cast include Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt , Mizuo Peck as Sacagawea , and Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart .
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is the first sequel to Shawn Levy’s 2006 comedy. Ben Stiller returns as museum security guard Larry Daley, who must now stop the evil Pharaoh Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria) from taking over the Smithsonian Institution. Other returning members of the cast include Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt, Mizuo Peck as Sacagawea, and Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart.
