Now approaching adulthood even though his voice still hasn’t changed, Hiccup justifies his latent wanderlust by saddling up on Toothless and exploring the far corners of what his Viking brethren can justifiably claim as their territory. And even though the boy-pet bonding between gawky Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and his stealth but goofy sidekick Toothless (Randy Thom) remains as earnest as you please, the simple alchemy of their unlikely union ends up lost amid the needlessly complicated agendas fuelling what is now a fledgling franchise. If How to Train Your Dragon saw DreamWorks’s up-to-then mostly flailing animation branch demonstrating a surprisingly thorough understanding of the trainings of Pixar, its sequel can’t seem to shake off the expectations stemming from the 2010 original’s behemoth box-office success. What we learn about dragons the second time around: They’re still subservient to the caprices of their bloated, slow-moving alpha. What we learned about dragons the first time around: They can be trained.
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