This follow-up to the very enjoyable 2010 movie is every bit as delightful and does what a good sequel does - it moves on (and forwards - five years in fact, with Hiccup now a floppy-fringed older teen) and increases the narrative and emotional stakes considerably to very good purpose. The voice cast truly delivers; Baruchel is great, and noticeably aided by the ongoing improvements in animated lip-synching/movement on-screen, although Blanchett's accent proves interesting. The standard and employment of animation, 3D and lighting techniques are all astounding here, and John Powell provides another excellent, soaring score. That Dreamworks has managed to get this franchise so right is to their credit - we can only hope that they do not Shrek up the third episode. Dragon 2 is not only a hugely successful sequel, it is also one of the strongest and most enjoyable films of 2014 .
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