Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

Directors: Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val

The untold story of one twelve-year-old’s dream to become the world’s greatest supervillain.

‘Minions’ was a prequel to ‘Despicable Me’. ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ is a sequel to ‘Minions’ and also serves as (another) prequel to ‘Despicable Me’. Oh, Hollywood, you never get enough of your sequels, prequels, remakes, reboots and spinoffs, do you?

The dysfunctional yet adorable Minions with their infectious laughter are back for yet another adventure, and once more up to their hilarious antics. For this installment in the ’Despicable Me’ franchise we go back to Gru’s childhood, when he had dreams of becoming a supervillain.

Gru is up against the Vicious Six, a team of supervillains. He received an invitation to audition for them, but it doesn’t quite go as he had hoped. Thanks to their ignorance, he manages to steal the legendary Zodiac Stone. He gives the stone to minion Otto for safekeeping but Otto – attaching no value to the stone – trades it for a Pet Rock.

Gru is then kidnapped by Vicious Six member Knuckles, and demands the Minions bring back the stone or Gru will be killed. And so a hilarious, fantasy-filled adventure begins as we follow the minions in their quest to retrieve the stone. There are so many funny moments in the film! ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ also cleverly mocks so many superhero movies. See if you can guess which ones. Oh, everyone loves those cute Minions!

With ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ having earned $940.7 million at the box office on a budget of $100 million, no doubt there will be another sequel to a prequel which will serve as a prequel to a sequel…

Would I watch it again? Yes.