The adventurous and loveable terrier Max (Patton Oswald) and his buddy Duke (Eric Stonestreet) have a huge change in their lives when their owner Katie (Ellie Kemper) falls in love, gets married and has a child - Liam (Henry Lynch). Although initially jealous, Max soon begins adoring Liam but is over-protective of the child and constantly fears for his safety. When Max, Duke, Katie and Liam take off for a vacation at a farm, he leaves his favourite toy with the pomeranian Gidget (Jenny Slate). Unfortunately, Gidget loses the toy inside a house filled with vicious cats. Meanwhile, the bunny Snowball (Kevin Hart) who is a wannabe superhero, gets pulled into rescuing a tiger cub Hu from the circus, by the daring Shih Tzu Daisy (Tiffany Haddish). On the farm, life turns very difficult for Max but he is secretly awed by the farm dog Rooster (Harrison Ford), who has a bold outlook on life. The three parallel stories come to a head at some point of time and this forms the crux of The Secret Life of Pets 2! Watch it in the theatres...

The Secret Life of Pets, directed by Chris Renaud, is an animation movie which released in 2016. This movie had an insight into what our dear pets would do when their owners left the house for their day-to-day jobs. The sequel continues from where the first part left off but in a rapid series of events builds up the premise for this part. The stories take off on three different planes and each individual story has a separate track which all culminate towards the climax. The animation is top-notch and the storylines are interesting. However, the interest and engagement generated in the first part seem a tad missing in this sequel. The first half seems a little slow but the second half picks up pace and moves rapidly. A number of new characters are introduced but none other than Roosevelt leave an impression.

Max's storyline in this movie seems a bit preachy and slow. Snowball's storyline is funny and goofy while Gidget's is eventful. The intrigue and humour sequences which were abundant in the first part and few and far distributed in this part. The music complements the visuals which are rich and have been very well done. While the first part held a lot of promise and interest for all age groups, this sequel doesn't appeal much to the adults or for that matter, even those in their adolescence. However, the witty dialogues

Verdict: A very good movie for kids but does not manage to engage adults as well as the first part!
Rating: 2.5/5