Here, he makes some choices that make it really hard to root for him. He made mistakes in the first movie, but he had a good heart. I also found the handling of Ralph's character really clumsy here. One of my favorite parts of this film is the online game Slaughter Race, and it's really cool to see how they handle online gaming, and handle a game that's basically Twisted Metal through a Disney filter which is pretty fun. However I do miss the video game elements that were such a big part of the original film, that really feel missing here. I liked eBay as a store, I liked pop up ads as annoying guys on the street, hell as ridiculously filtered as it was I even kinda' liked how they showed the Dark Web! Seriously, the Dark Web in a Disney movie! I mean they Nerfed the hell out of it but still, pretty crazy. While we've seen other movies and TV shows tackle this 'internet as a city' concept before, seeing it with Disney talent is actually pretty cool. I mean yeah it's still riddled with product placement and an egregious amount of Disney marketing, but it's still charming and funny enough that it kinda' works. That's really what this is when it comes down to it.
