Film 39 - Muppets Most Wanted

Muppets Most Wanted - 07/04/2014

The Moopets...

MMW starts right were the last film ended, literally, at the end of the last film, and then they burst into song, "We're doing a sequel".

Straight away they acknowledge that it is a sequel and historically sequels are not as good as the first.  The thing is, for me, this was as good as The Muppets.  Yes, it didn't have the same heart as the first film but I laughed many, many times, the movie references were plentiful and some of the cameos really show the gravitas The Muppets hold within cinematic history.  Seeing Ray Liota & Danny Trejo doing ballet in prison, Christoph Waltz doing the waltz and Salma Hayek bull running are just a few cameos in a vast collection.

Kermit the Frog is replaced by the worlds most dangerous frog, Constantine, who takes the Muppets on a world tour to cover his jewel-heist caper of European museums.  Kermit, who has been imprisoned as he looks like Constantine must try to find a way to escape and save his friends.  

This is a very enjoyable film with some real laugh out loud moments.  Animal is, and always will be, my favourite Muppet and he has some great moments in this.  Sam the Eagle and Ty Burrell are a great buddy cop duo, and it is good to see Rizo the Rat again, even if it is brief  (but a great line)

At the end of the day, this is a Muppet's film, expect silliness, daft humour, cameos, and song and dance and you can't go wrong.