Anchorman 2, a review by Stewart Perrin

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BURGUNDY is back in the long-awaited sequel to the cult comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.

Will Ferrell returns to play the role of the self obsessed, politically incorrect title character, along with the rest of his news team, ladies' man Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), sports reporter Champ Kind (David Koechner) and of course the witless Brick Tamland (Steve Carell).

Promotion

The movie begins with Ron and his now wife Christina Corningstone as co-anchors of the daytime national news, but all turns awry when Christina is given a promotion.

Split from his wife and at a low ebb, again, Burgundy is approached to join the country's first 24-hour news channel, but his one proviso is that he reunites his news team.

Using his new position he redefines news broadcasting, Ron Burgundy style.

There are some laugh out loud moments in the film such as when Ron meets his new girlfriend's family, Brick thinking he has lost his legs, and a funny slow motion scene whilst driving a campervan.

There are some witty one liners that are hysterical, but also cringy if you know of the implications such as references to OJ Simpson and BP oil.

The film is fully loaded with cameo appearances by other Hollywood stars, but possibly too many as they drag a certain scene out longer than is funny.

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Anchorman 2, a review by Stewart Perrin