The Secret Life of Pets 2 is a 2019 American 3D computer animated comedy film produced by Illumination, directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Jonathan del Val, and written by Brian Lynch. It is the sequel to The Secret Life of Pets (2016), and the second feature film in the franchise. The film features the voices of Patton Oswalt (who replaces Louis C.K.), Kevin Hart, Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Tiffany Haddish, Lake Bell, Nick Kroll, Dana Carvey, Ellie Kemper, Chris Renaud, Tara Strong, Michael Beattie, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, and Harrison Ford.
The film was theatrically released in the United States on June 7, 2019, by Universal Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $434.4 million worldwide against its production budget of $80 million, making less than half of its predecessor.
Plot
Sometime after the events of the first film, Max and Duke’s owner, Katie, marries Chuck and has a son, Liam, whom Max disapproves of at first due to his rough play but eventually softens up to him. Later, Max’s overprotective feelings for Liam develop into an itch which prompts Katie to get him a dog cone from the veterinarian in an effort to lower his symptoms. Max’s luck changes when Duke reveals that the family is going on a road trip outside of the city.
When Max and Duke’s family reaches a farm owned by Chuck’s uncle, Max grows unaccustomed to the farm’s ways, including local sheepdog Rooster. After an incident with the farm’s sheep, Rooster takes Max out to find one of the missing sheep that ran away. Rooster’s teachings and encouragement to Max about acting unafraid prompts Max to successfully retrieve the sheep. Rooster allows Max to stay with him overnight as a result. Before departure, Rooster also gives Max one of his handkerchiefs as a souvenir.
Before Max left, he had entrusted his favorite toy, Busy Bee, to Gidget. Unfortunately, Gidget loses Busy Bee in a cat-infested apartment owned by a cat lady. She receives cat lessons from Chloe, Mel, Buddy, and Sweet Pea in order to sneak in the apartment more easily. With the help of Norman, she successfully retrieves Busy Bee and unintentionally gets hailed as the “queen of cats”.
Meanwhile, Snowball, who dreams of being a superhero, meets Shih Tzu Daisy, who explains that she needs him to assist her in rescuing a White tiger cub named Hu she met on a flight back home being held captive by an abusive circus owner named Sergei. Daisy and Snowball sneak in and find the circus Hu is in. With much difficulty from Sergei’s black wolves, they free Hu from the circus. However, during the escape, Daisy accidentally drops her flower clip, which the wolves use to track her down.
Daisy and Snowball take Hu to Pops’ apartment first; Pops reluctantly lets Hu live there at first, but due to his destruction of the apartment afterwards, Hu is kicked out and relocated to Max and Duke’s apartment. Around the same time, the family returns from the trip. Sergei and his wolves track Daisy down and capture both Hu and Daisy. Sergei escapes in a train moving for the circus in which Snowball, Max, and Norman pursue while contacting Gidget for assistance in the chase. Gidget and the cats take their owner off in her car, in pursuit of the train.
Max and Snowball defeat the wolves and Sergei’s pet monkey, while freeing Hu and Daisy respectively. Max, using his newfound bravery Rooster gave him, successfully infiltrates the train locomotive Sergei is in. The rest of the animals go and kick him out of the train. But before they are shot by Sergei, Gidget, along with the cat lady, Chloe, Mel, Buddy, Duke, and Sweet Pea knock him out with her car and offers the animals a ride back home. Life resumes normally, with Max and Duke’s family saying goodbye to Liam as he enters his first day of preschool while Hu takes up residence in his new home with the cat lady.
In a mid-credits scene, Snowball raps to “Panda”, which only lasts briefly before his owner, Molly, comes into the room he is in.
Cast
Harrison Ford joins the cast as the voice of Rooster.
Patton Oswalt as Max: a Jack Russell Terrier. He was previously voiced by Louis C.K. from the first film.
Kevin Hart as Snowball: a white rabbit and a would-be superhero.
Harrison Ford as Rooster: a Welsh Sheepdog.
Eric Stonestreet as Duke: a large, brown, shaggy Newfoundland mix who lives with Max.
Jenny Slate as Gidget: a white Pomeranian.
Tiffany Haddish as Daisy: a Shih Tzu.
Lake Bell as Chloe: a morbidly obese and apathetic grey tabby cat.
Nick Kroll as Sergei: an abusive circus owner.
Dana Carvey as Pops: an elderly Basset Hound whose back legs are paralyzed.
Bobby Moynihan as Mel: a hyperactive pug.
Hannibal Buress as Buddy: a laid-back dachshund.
Chris Renaud as Norman: a guinea pig.
Ellie Kemper as Katie: Max and Duke’s owner.
Pete Holmes as Chuck: Katie’s husband.
Henry Lynch as Liam: Katie and Chuck’s son.
Tara Strong as Baby Liam
Sean Giambrone as Cotton: a young lamb who Max and Rooster save from a cliff.
Meredith Salenger as a cat lady.
Michael Beattie as Lead Wolfdog: the leader of Sergei’s trained wolfdogs.
Michael Beattie also voices a skinny cat
Kiely Renaud as Molly, Snowball’s owner
Tara Strong as:
Sweetpea: a green and yellow budgie parakeet.
Pickles: an English Bulldog who is one of Pops’ students in Puppy School
Jessica DiCicco as:
Princess: a Poodle who is one of Pops’ students in Puppy School
Tiny: a young basset hound who is also one of Pops’ students in Puppy School
Garth Jennings as a hamster.
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