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Avg. Critic Score: 48 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 Iffy for 13+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Winds up being faster and funnier than the first time. Chan's acrobatic high jinks play strikingly off of Tucker's wiseass humor. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    Superior sequel, which is the very model of the limber, transnational Hollywood action comedy. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Coarser, more hectic, more cheaply written sequel. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    Except for its muddier than necessary photography, there aren't any surprises, which probably won't matter to the target audience. Read full review

  • 60
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Nothing more or less than a moneymaking encore. The story is functional. The performers assume their marks with almost flippant ease. Read full review

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    Feels out of shape and self-satisfied, as if it knew it didn't have to try very hard. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    The action and humor are enough to make an hour and a half pass quickly and pleasantly. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    It's about half as much fun as the original. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Wesley Morris

    It's a fact that becomes riotously evident in the reel of outtakes that caps the picture and incites wonder about why no one thought to give us 90 minutes of those instead. Read full review

  • 38
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Tucker's scenes finally wear us down. How can a movie allow him to be so obnoxious and make no acknowledgment that his behavior is aberrant? Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+ Less compelling than the first, but fun for fans.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that the movie has a lot of action violence and comic peril. That means that the fight scenes are not very graphic. In almost cartoon-style fashion, characters get beat up badly and then are shown in the next scene without any wounds. School-age kids who see this movie may get unrealistic ideas about the consequences of fighting. The movie also has some strong language, sexual innuendo, and a massage parlor scene in which Tucker is allowed to choose from an array of girls and selects several of them.
  • Families can talk about how we decide whom to trust and the risks that undercover operatives must take. They may also want to talk about the challenges of making friends with people from other cultures and the way that Carter and Lee tease each other about the differences between blacks and Asians.
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: Lots of action violence, not too gory; characters in peril, some killed.
  • sex false3 Sex: Mild sexual references; visit to massage parlor.
  • language false3 Language: Some strong language.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false2 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Mild.
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