Ted 2

Ratings: 7.0/10

Film Class: B

Genre: Comedy

Stinger: Yes (after-credits)

The obnoxious live teddy bear is back with his buddy John (Mark Wahlberg). Ted married a human wife, and when their marriage spirals down in time to come, he comes up with a plan to salvage it... by having a baby with his wife. However, since he's a teddy bear, there's no way he could have a child with her, and thus begins his mission with John to find a suitable sperm donor. However, when all else fails, he resorts to adopting a child. Things start to spiral for the worst when the "system" discovers that Ted is not recognised as a human being and starts forfeiting all his civil rights. Essentially, Ted 2 is about what makes someone, or something, "human". 

If you don't already know, Ted's like Europe's Bad Taste Bear, vulgar, blunt, obnoxious who is always indulging in all the vices (drugs, alcohol, prostitution, smoking etc.) He's a total bad influence, but a comical one to say the least. 

*major spoilers ahead* An unexpected cameo was featured, Liam Neeson, who returned during the after-credits stinger. It probably lasted less than 5 seconds, and I was left rather clueless as to what that last scene meant. References to different movies were made (Jurassic Park, Paddington Bear), audibly and visually. The jokes were generally M18, and there were a couple of laughter puking scenes (especially loved the one where they buried John's computer harddisk underwater). 

The first half of the movie was more jammed pack with laughter, though most of the scenes were already "leaked" in the trailers. The "high" level dropped during the 2nd half, focusing a little more on story - civil rights and what makes a human "human". It was rather unexpected, coming from a movie franchise which had previously pre-defined the shallow expectations its fans would have. 

It wasn't fantastic, and was definitely a "guy movie". The last scene at comic-con was a total disaster, fattening the lameness a bit too much for me to bear. But overall, it was... a rather enjoyable film.