The Pink Panther 2 is a 2009 detective humorous film directed by Harald Zwart. It is the sequel to the 2006 movie The Pink Panther, starring Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Alfred, Molina, Emily Mortimer, Aishwarya Rai, Andy GarcĂa, Lily Tomlin, John Cleese, Yuki, Matsuzaki, Johnny Hallyday and Jeremy Irons.
When the main burglar, the Tornado, starts pocketing expensive artifacts, the Government of France assembles a Group of Amateur Detectives to solve the case. Inspector Clouseau is reassigned as a parking official to join the Dream Team in Japan, site of the Tornado's latest heist. As he is leaving France, news breaks that the Pink Panther Diamond has also been stolen. Clouseau travels back to the scene of the crime, where the other members of the Dream Team, Inspector Pepperidge (Great Britain), Vicenzo (Italy), Kenji (an electronics specialist from Japan), and Sonia (a researcher and criminology expert from India), are gathering. They go to Rome to examine a black market fence, Alonso Avellaneda, who deals with The Tornado. Assuming he is The Tornado, the Dream Team question him while Clouseau snoops around. Avellaneda productively vindicates himself by demonstrating that he lacks a bullet-hurt to the right shoulder- the Tornado was shot in that shoulder during a stealing over a decade ago. After they leave, Avellaneda meets with The Tornado himself.
Later on that night, Clouseau and his co-worker, Ponton, detect on Avellaneda, using a wire they have planted on him, as he takes a date out for dinner. Unluckily, the mission is compromised when they find Vicenzo and Clouseau's love interest, Nicole, together at the restaurant. Having been banned for burning down the restaurant three months earlier, Clouseau disguises himself as a dancer and attempts to switch the wire to Nicole's table. In the process, he ends up blazing down the restaurant again. At the same time, The Tornado steals the Pope's ring, an act which starts to turn public view against the Dream Team. When Clouseau's acts of foolishness exaggerate the circumstances, he is nominated off the team, with only Sonia sympathizing with him. Soon afterward, Clouseau is called to an office where they see the Tornado has assasinated himself, and left a suicide note claiming he destroyed the Pink Panther- regarding it as being so beautiful that he could not bring anyone other than himself to own it- and left the other treasures to be recovered. Probing a key they found in the Pope's Chambers, they successfully match the DNA of the victim with DNA of the Tornado acquired when he was shot, and thus believe themselves to have solved the case. However, Clouseau is dubious and believes the Tornado was not the burglar.
For their victory in recovering the stolen items (minus the Pink Panther), a celebration is thrown in the Dream Team's admiration. Clouseau, who was not invited, attempts to influence Dreyfus that the real thief is missing, but is overlooked. Dreyfus relays to the group that Clouseau told him Sonia was the robber, and the group, treating the idea as a hoax, works out a believable explanation for how she could have done it; as the Tornado's ex-lover, she would have in-depth facts of his ways, and has set up a situation to draw all attention to the burgles of the other artifacts while leaving her free to sell on the Pink Panther as the only booty that could be cut up and sold on without mistrust. Nicole all of a sudden understands that Clouseau's narrative may actually be viable, prompting Nicole to ask Sonia to end the joke by showing the contents of her purse. Disgusted by this indirect allegation, Sonia attempts to leave the party. As Sonia tries to leave, Nicole once more asks her to take everything out of her purse. Sonia pulls out a gun, and after at first bullying to fire Nicole, she fires Clouseau, but the bullet ricochets off the medal of credit and murders the waiter instead. She then runs upstairs. Clouseau and the rest of the Dream Team run after her all around the building.
Finally cornered, Sonia threatens to destroy the Pink Panther, and Clouseau effectively goads her to do so. Clouseau reveals that she had destroyed a fake gem he had exchanged with the real one, and that the Tornado, a chief robber was actually murdered. He reveals that he had given Sonia's car a ticket two days before the Pink Panther was stolen, contradicting her reason of having been delayed to the crime scene because of her flight. Clouseau later marries Nicole, though the marriage is short-. Clouseau and Nicole ditch the wedding and head for the airport for their honeymoon with the animated Pink Panther watching them leave. The Pink Panther looks into the camera as he walks into the chaotic marriage and closes the door.
The picture was released on February 6, 2009 in North America. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 13% of critics gave positive reviews based on 125 reviews. One can grab the original DVDs at the nearest store or you can also watch free films online, which include file sharing sites, video distribution sites, and individual films of notability, directories, archives and guides to more sites where you can watch for released.
Friday, October 30, 2009
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