Name: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Genre: Adventure, Animated, Kids & Family
Released: 2014
Duration: T1H42M
Cast: Kristen Wiig, Gerard Butler, Cate Blanchett, Jay Baruchel, Kit Harington

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Picking up five years after the first movie, Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and Toothless set out to explore unmapped territories and discover new worlds. Winner of Best Animated Movie at the 2015 Golden Globes. Also features the voice talents of Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harrington, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Gerard Butler.

Hiccup and Toothless come across an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons, looked after by a mysterious new dragon rider. However, the emergence of Drago – a feared conqueror looking to build a dragon army – could mean the end of the peaceful harmony between humans and dragons. The bond between Hiccup and Toothless is strong, but the crushing iron fist of Drago may prove too much for the pair.

A third film has been announced, set for release in 2016, also to be directed by Dean DeBlois.

Best Animated Movie, Golden Globes 2015

2014Rating: PG, Mild fantasy themes and violence102 minsUSADreamWorks Animation

AdventureAnimatedKids & Family

All Reviews (7)

Director:: Dean DeBlois ('How to Train Your Dragon', 'Lilo & Stitch')
Writer:: Dean DeBlois
Cast:: Kristen WiigGerard ButlerJonah HillJay BaruchelKit HaringtonChristopher Mintz-PlasseAmerica FerreraT.J. MillerCraig FergusonCate Blanchett

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How to Train Your Dragon 2 / Reviews

Flicks, Liam Maguren

DreamWorks’ surprisingly awesome How to Train Your Dragon wrangled together colourful and imaginative creature designs, resonating themes surrounding parent-child angst and ignorance through fear, and top-class animation that made flying look so damn cool. The sequel doesn’t attempt to take things in a completely new direction, choosing instead to expand its world and characters with great success. Oh, and the flying sequences still look so damn cool. (I got goosebumps at one point.)

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Variety

Advances the story without sacrificing the integrity that defined its most atypical toon.

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Total Film

More emotional, exhilarating and expansive than the original. DreamWorks finally has a franchise to match its ambition.

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Time Out

This is a more rugged affair than, say, "Frozen," and any admirers of that film might find themselves yearning for a few more songs and a little less testosterone.

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The New York Times

The story seems to be going somewhere until it comes to a halt with the inevitable showdown between the forces of darkness and the forces of light.

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The Dissolve

The rote hero/villain face-offs are exciting, but the film is in no hurry to fast-forward to them.

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Hollywood Reporter

Going beyond the pat eco-conscious message that every kids' film has to have, HTTYD2 touches on how complex the emotional bond between a person and an animal can be.

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