It’s also supposed to be funny for some reason.)Īll Paul has left is his darling teenage daughter, Maya ( Raini Rodriguez), of whom he’s more psychotically overprotective than ever. (This is not a spoiler, folks-it happens in the first few minutes. But worse is the fate that befalls his sweet, dear mother ( Shirley Knight), who dies when a milk truck runs over her in front of her house. First, his love interest from the first film leaves him out of nowhere after just six days of marriage. Paul is in need of a pick-me-up after a string of devastating losses, which are played for crass laughs. (Steve Wynn himself makes an awkward, wordless cameo at the conclusion.) It’s also an extended infomercial for the Wynn Las Vegas hotel and resort. In the proud tradition of so many recent Happy Madison productions-“ Just Go With It” (Hawaii), “Jack and Jill” (cruise ship) “ Blended” (Africa)-“Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” is a vacation disguised as a movie shoot. In theory, though, we’re supposed to root for Paul as he takes a much-needed trip to Las Vegas for a security guard convention. In the sequel, he’s all of those things but he’s also bitter, rude and condescending, which makes him even more repulsive. Back then, Paul Blart was just needy, clueless and annoying, as he smugly patrolled a New Jersey mall on his Segway. It seemed impossible when the first film came out that this endearing everyman could play a character that stripped him of all his best on-screen qualities.
Only this time, Kevin James is even more unlikable as the title character. This is essentially the same movie as the inexplicably successful original “ Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” which made over $183 million worldwide in 2009.
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