Floated2 Zoolander 2 is the sequel to Zoolander, a film which wasn't such a box office hit back when it was release yet managed to become some type of cult classic following. This sequel was a flop, not much to surprise to anyone and we wonder as to why this sequel was took as long as it did.Within the film, it never recovers. Instead it runs through scrappy, mirthless set-pieces involving Zoolander trying to reconnect with his overweight son while Hansel grapples with the prospect of fathering multiple children with members of his regular orgy group (fronted by Keifer Sutherland, playing himself). A lot of cameos couldn't save this film, it is just quite not funny in the slightest. The chemistry between Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson felt off as well in comparison to the original. Did not like too much the original, but that had some sort off awkward entertainment, while Zoolander 2 is just a rehash of the original and the jokes are all misses.

Andrew Pelechaty Making long-after sequels to classic comedies is risky: while "Clerks 2" and "Anchorman 2" got away with it, "Zoolander 2" - released 15 (!) years after the cult original - is a giant waste of time.Yes, the film tries to tick all the nostalgic boxes, with plenty of references to the original - nearly everyone from the first film returns - and plenty of celebrity cameos, but it's not as inspired as the original. Even attempts to parody the ridiculousness of fashion don't work, coming off as embarrassing at times.The plot tries to incorporate spy elements and even some strange "Da Vinci Code" cult/conspiracy, but it still doesn't work. Derek (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) are the exact same idiots from 15 years ago (which was endearing and funny back in 2001), only Derek has a son and Hansel has a family with a bizarre orgy group. So is there anything good about this movie? Justin Bieber's death is entertainingly violent, it's great to see the gorgeous Penelope Cruz again, and Benedict Cumberbatch has a ball playing a pretentious, gender-fluid model.If you love "Zoolander", ignore this garbage and watch the original for the millionth time. It'd be a much better use of your time.

Screen_Blitz Ben Stiller's Derek Zoolander has returned, but he is nowhere as funny as the goofy fashion model we saw back in 2001, and neither are the actors who are left adrift in this comedic wasteland. 'Zoolander' is a popular film tat gradually gained a cult following for its clever, yet zany comedic energy and its ability to push the envelop. None of these are present here, and the floundering results of what transpires from Stiller and Justin Theoraux's script is a hot mess of a movie that fails to justify why a sequel was even remotely necessary. Ben Stiller and his co-star Owen Wilson have proved their comedic prestige numerous of times in the past. Just take a look back at the former in his role in the Hollywood satire 'Tropic Thunder'. It even makes it more disconcerting as to why these laugh-out-loud veterans let themselves drown in a sea where laughs are scarce and the gut-busting substance from its predecessor is left absent. Stiller reprises his role as Derek Zoolander, the former fashion model who has fallen from grace after his children's center is destroyed in an explosion that kills his wife Matilda (played by Christine Taylor) and his son (played by Cyrus Arnold) is taken away by Child Protection Services. When all hope seems lost, Zoolander is recruited by Billy Zane (playing himself) on a mission to Rome to take down the evil mastermind Mugatu (played by Will Ferrell) who has assassinated a large number of celebrities suited as secret agents. Reuniting with his best friend Hansel (played by Owen Wilson) who has resided with a family in Egypt, Zoolander must join forces with sexy central intelligence agent Valentina (played by Penelope Cruz) on a mission to bring down Mugatu, and possibly get his son back. This movie holds a large roster of celebrity cameos including Justin Bieber who bursts on screen in the extravagant opening action sequence, Katy Perry, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Tommy Hilfiger, Christina Hendricks, Kiefer Sutherland, and many, many others that are nearly impossible to remember. If that is not enough, perhaps I should mention Benedict Cumberbatch playing a transgender that gets treated to off-color jokes that hold the capacity to either to leave audiences chuckling or rolling their eyes. Aside from it feeling awkward and out of place, it is just an example of how this film believes that flashing popular show star on screen is somehow must to equate for laughs. Here's the sad news: it doesn't. It only becomes more of a tactic to distract us from the lack of laughs that pervade throughout the picture. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are left confined in the restraints of a script that fails to allow them to provide good jokes and limits to them to spewing countless one- liners, with only a fraction of them actually being laugh-worthy. Although the two are subject a genuinely funny moment or two, the rest of time sees the duo rehashing on run-of-the-mill silliness that might have been funny twenty years ago. And the subplot involving the titular character trying to rekindle his relationship with his son never sports any substance as opposed to the film which pushed the envelop with its politically-charged plot involving the assassination of the Malaysian prime minister. This movie is just too interested to playing things safe. Will Ferrell never delivers any bright moments nor does Penelope Cruz who is given relatively nothing to do other than serve as sex appeal which would have been more acceptable if she was actually funny. Zoolander 2 is not the comedic adventure we deserve nor does it justify why a follow-up to its 2001 cult classic was needed. Unfunny and depriving the charm of its predecessor, this movie is a hot mess that only spares evidence that the original film would have been better off as a stand-alone hit. Some sequels to comedy hits hit the right mark, but they come rarely and this movie is not one of them.

ElliesWonder Wacky and non senses cult film. The main guy Zoolander is the main character from Night of the Museum, I assume he is very famous in Hollywood (maybe?) , because there is a bunch of Hollywood celebrities cameos. Yet forgive me, I am not any of their fan or hater, so even the dead of Justin Bieber is meaningless to me. The movie just really really creepy, making no senses at all, so awkward to watch. Plot is empty and meaningless, some good reviews said this movie is an irony art to the fashion world? Sorry, I am not in the fashion industry. Normal people watch movie for fun, not exaggerated absurd, that is over and abrupt. I laughed none at all, so frowned upon to these lepers.