DVD: Despicable Me 2 - 2013 Animated Comedy, Sequel To Despicable Me

Description: Despicable Me 2 is a 2013 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal. It is the sequel to Despicable Me (2010) and the second installment in the Despicable Me franchise. The film was directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, and written by the writing team of Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. It stars the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, and Ken Jeong. The film follows retired supervillain Gru as he is recruited by secret agent Lucy Wilde to investigate the theft of a powerful mutagen by El Macho, a supervillain who seeks to achieve world domination. Development of Despicable Me 2 began in 2010 following the success of the original film, with the directors, producers, and writers returning. Production was underway by February 2012, with the majority of the cast returning to voice the characters, along with new cast members, while animation services were provided by Illumination Mac Guff in France. Al Pacino was cast as the voice of El Macho, recording all of his dialogue, but left in May 2013 over creative differences; Bratt was brought in to replace Pacino, and used him as an inspiration after finding imitating his voice impossible. Heitor Pereira and Pharrell Williams returned for the sequel's music. Despicable Me 2 premiered in Australia on June 5, 2013, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 3. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its humor and animation. It earned $971 million worldwide, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of 2013 and the most profitable film for Universal Pictures at the time. It was nominated for two awards at the 86th Academy Awards, and received numerous other accolades. A sequel, Despicable Me 3, was released in 2017. REAR COVER -This blockbuster animated comedy from Illumination Entertainment sees the return of former super-villain Gru (Steve Carell), who has retired from a life of crime to raise his three daughters. But things take an unexpected turn when he is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to track down an elusive criminal who is threatening the world. Now, with new partner Lucy Wilde (Kristen Wiig) by his side, Gru and the Minions set off on an unpredictable and unexpected adventure. DETAILED PLOT A mysterious aircraft steals a highly potent mutagen known as PX-41 from a laboratory in the Arctic Circle. Silas Ramsbottom, director of the Anti-Villain League (AVL), sends agent Lucy Wilde to recruit former supervillain Gru, who is forcibly brought to their headquarters and asked to help them track down the culprit and recover the mutagen. However, Gru refuses and informs Silas and Lucy that he has enough responsibilities as a father and as the owner of a jelly-producing business. Later, Dr. Nefario quits to accept a job offer to assist another villain; this causes a reluctant Gru to decide to work with the AVL after all. He and Lucy are partnered and stationed at a shopping mall, with a cupcake store as their front. Gru immediately suspects that Mexican restaurant owner Eduardo Pérez might be "El Macho", a supervillain who was presumed dead after riding a shark into an active volcano with two hundred fifty pounds of dynamite strapped to his chest. That night, Gru and Lucy break into Eduardo's restaurant, but find no evidence that Eduardo has done anything villainous. Meanwhile, Gru's three adopted daughters, Margo, Edith and Agnes, who dream of having a mother one day, believe that Gru will eventually fall in love with Lucy. Gru denies it, saying his relationship with Lucy is only professional. Despite holding Eduardo as his prime suspect, Gru agrees to pursue other leads, including the shop of wig merchant Floyd Eaglesan, where Lucy discovers traces of the mutagen. After witnessing Eduardo's son, Antonio, woo Margo, Gru renews his focus on Eduardo, who in turn invites the family to his Cinco de Mayo party. Gru's neighbor, Jillian, sets him up on a blind date that goes wrong with Shannon, who tries to take Gru's wig, but Lucy saves Gru from embarrassment by shooting Shannon in the behind with a tranquilizer dart; Lucy helps Gru escape and the two form a friendship. The AVL arrests Floyd after finding an nearly-empty jar of the mutagen in his shop. Ramsbottom then closes the investigation and reassigns Lucy to Australia, leaving Gru heartbroken. At the party, Gru follows him and discovers that Eduardo is indeed El Macho. Having faked his death and with Nefario as his assistant, El Macho has kidnapped most of Gru's Minions and used the mutagen to mutate them into purple mindless and indestructible monsters, intent on using them to conquer the world. El Macho offers Gru the chance to team up with him, but Gru becomes terrified and leaves with his daughters. Suspicious, El Macho sends one of the mutated Minions, Kevin, after them. Lucy, having decided to disobey orders and return home, arrives at the party right after Gru leaves. Realizing that Gru and Lucy are working for the AVL, El Macho kidnaps Lucy; this is witnessed by Nefario, who subsequently informs Gru of the situation. Gru infiltrates El Macho's fortress by pretending to have been kidnapped by two mutated Minions (who are normal Minions in disguise), but the real mutated Minions see through the ruse and attack them. Meanwhile, Kevin breaks into Gru's house and attacks Margo and Agnes. They lure him to Gru's lab, where Nefario arrives with an antidote to reverse Kevin's mutation. Nefario laces Gru's jelly with the antidote. He, the girls, and the surviving Minions hurry to Gru's aid and cure the mutated Minions. El Macho, distraught, threatens to murder Lucy by sending her into the volcano where he previously faked his death and uses the mutagen himself to battle Gru, but Gru and Nefario manage to defeat him. Gru attempts to free Lucy from the rocket she is tied to, but El Macho's pet chicken, Pollito, activates it. Lucy accepts Gru's invitation for a date and they jump into the ocean before the rocket enters the volcano. Months later, after going on one hundred forty-seven dates, Gru and Lucy get married, and Lucy becomes the girls' adoptive mother.

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Music Artist: Heitor Pereira (score) Pharrell Williams (songs and themes)

Video Format: PAL

Case Type: Tall/DVD Case

Rating: PG

Subtitle Language: Arabic, Hungarian, Hindi, English For The Hearing Impaired

Director: Pierre Louis Padang Coffin, Chris Renaud

Sub-Genre: Family

Cinematic Movement: Arthouse/Independent

Studio: Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment

Edition: Standard Edition, Anamorphic Widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Type: Movie

Format: DVD

Region Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...), DVD: 4 (AU, NZ, Latin America...), DVD: 5 (Russia, India, Africa...)

Release Year: 2013

Language: English, Arabic, Hungarian, Hebrew, English Audio Description

Producer: Chris Meledandri Janet Healy

Actor: Steve Carell, Steve Coogan, Pierre Louis Padang Coffin, Elsie Fisher, Moises Arias, Chris Renaud, Kristen Schaal, Benjamin Bratt, Russell Brand, Ken Jeong, Kristen Wiig, Nickolai Stoilov, Nasim Pedrad, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier

Features: More Ways To Access, Watch & Connect Feature, Packed With Bonus Features (not Listed)

Genre: Children & Family, Animation

Run Time: 94 Minutes

Movie/TV Title: Despicable Me 2

Season: Written by Cinco Paul Ken Daurio

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States