Sequel to the much critically acclaimed Lego Movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting with everything not being awesome as it was once.
Like in the first film, audiences can expect to see references to all different forms of pop culture, including the couple of spin-offs this franchise has made thus far. Justice League, Batman addressing his fans' want (Will Arnett's Batman was the best character in the whole show by the way), Lego brick codes, Mad Max, Die Hard Bruce Willis, you name it. The antagonist being a parody version of actor Chris Pratt's various movie roles was a nice idea too.
Unlike in the first film, the writing here was tepid. You could clearly see it from the adventure that lacked enthusiasm or freshness. The Duplo toys brought in ridiculous and irregular transformations which looked like hot mess onscreen. Intercut between real life and Lego World events didn’t work as much as the makers would have hoped for. The musical numbers were extremely unnecessary as it's telling the audiences what they already know about the plot and characters.
Humor brought chuckles here and there, and the writers really took advantage of the concept of juxtaposition. The most interesting aspect of the entire plot would be the anticipation to see how Emmet's (voiced by Chris Pratt) vision would become true. Rex Dangervest's (voiced by Chris Pratt) motivation made sense and the time travel storyline of his was well thought of, but his plan of action and ulterior-motive-based-fakeness all along the majority of the runtime weren't effective or believable. And just because Rex Dangervest was the real villain, that doesn't automatically equate to Queen Watevra Wa-Nabi is actually good as the script wanted to justify, since she was the one who destroyed our heroes' Lego World in the first place.