This movie is as different from the first as the title suggests.
It’s got a lot of funny/interesting gags, but they were funnier and more interesting the first time.
Since this is otherwise basically a carbon copy of the original, there’s absolutely nothing “new” here…you might laugh at the jokes, but they won’t surprise you. Why? Because they’re the same kind of jokes as in the first one, only not quite as good and (obviously) not quite as fresh.
At least ‘The Naked Gun’ plopped funny/interesting meaninglessness into a new setting.
But I still like it…not as much as the first, but it’s not nearly as abysmal as some people would lead you to believe. ‘Airplane!’ wasn’t exactly a work of cinematic art, so let’s not get too down when the sequel is a (slightly-less) pleasant bit of fluff.
Grade: B
7/14/18: The Great Grade Update. Grade: B-