Who’s in it: Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano Jr., Diedrich Bader,
What it’s about: The story catches up with FBI agent Gracie Hart (Bullock). After successfully disarming a threat against the Miss United States Pageant while working undercover as a contestant, Hart becomes a media celebrity who is working the talk-show circuit and promoting her book. When her friends, pageant winner Cheryl and the host Stan, are kidnapped in Las Vegas, Gracie’s all-out efforts to jump back into action to save them puts her at loggerheads with the FBI top brass who don’t want to risk losing their mascot.
Worth watching? (star)(star)
“OK, so we’ve seen it all before. But even though it’s a retread of the original, with a formulaic buddy plot grafted on, it’s a slightly better film with better characters.”
