Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (also known as simply Miss Congeniality 2) is a 2005 American comedy film directed by John Pasquin, written and produced by Marc Lawrence, and starring Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, Heather Burns, Diedrich Bader, and Treat Williams. It is the sequel to the 2000 film Miss Congeniality.

Plot
After Cheryl Frasier and Stan Fields are kidnapped, Gracie Hart goes undercover in Las Vegas, Nevada to find them.

Why It's Anything But Fabulous

 * 1) Very weak plot.
 * 2) Horrible acting, especially from Sandra Bullock.
 * 3) Benjamin Bratt's character from the first film, Eric Matthews, is nowhere to seen nor is mentioned. He is now replaced by Sam Fuller, another female agent who spends time fighting with Gracie.
 * 4) Unfunny and weak humor; compared to the original film which had some good moments of sarcastic humor.
 * 5) Completely destroys all of Gracie Hart's hard-earned happiness from the ending of the original film.
 * 6) Diedrich Bader is a poor replacement of Michael Caine's character in the first film.
 * 7) A very predictable ending with Gracie visiting an elementary school to see a girl who idolizes her so much, after her mission was over.
 * 8) It ultimately killed the Miss Congeniality film franchise.
 * 9) It hurt director John Pasquin's career so badly and was his last theatrical film, before returning to television.

The Only Reedeming Quality

 * 1) Good soundtrack.

Reception
The film was panned by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 15% based on 145 reviews. The critical consensus reads, "Sandra Bullock is still as appealing as ever; too bad the movie is not pageant material." On Metacritic the film has a score of 34 out of 100, based on reviews from 33 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B.

Robert Koehler of Variety called the film "Lame and inoffensive". Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times called the sequel "doubly unnecessary" and added "there is no good reason to go and actually see it."