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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

Rate: 6
Viewed: 2/18

2/18: Not going to let a massive moneymaking opportunity to slip by, the producers had decided to make a sequel for Home Alone, and the result is another ka-ching!

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a fairly decent sequel with many instances of implausibilities such as the two familiar burglars showing up in New York City to meet their child nemesis. Of course, the title is misleading because Kevin isn't exactly home alone but lost in the biggest city of the United States of America in terms of population.

Although there are many sadistic moments, it's a bit better than the original for being consistently funny and kidlike. In the first one, the film within it was called Angels with Filthy Souls, and now, it's titled *drum roll* Angels with Even Filthier Souls.

Macaulay Culkin is okay; he's workmanlike this time around. Donald Trump makes a cameo appearance at the Plaza Hotel because, in order to allow his formerly owned hotel to be used for the movie, the filmmakers were forced to let him have some screen time. The first moment I saw Trump, I said to myself, "Who knew he would be U.S. President someday?"

All in all, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, if formulaic, works slightly better than the original.

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