Captain N and the Game Masters

Captain N: Level Two is an American-Japanese superhero comedy film that is a sequel to Captain N: Game Master, which in turn is based on the character created by Randy Studdard. Unlike the first film, the second film is directed by Adam Wingard, and is written by Noah Toczko, Christopher McQuarrie, Derek Kolstad, and Dan Povenmire, with Toczko, Paget Brewster, Will Smith, Justice Smith, Nicolas Cantu, Kathryn Newton, Kaitlyn Dever,  Jennifer Lopez, and Chris Hemsworth reprise their roles from the first film. They are joined by Mark Wahlberg, Chris Pine, Karl Urban, John Cena, Millie Bobby Brown, Olan Rogers, Teresa Gallagher, Caleb Glass (known as CalebCity), and SungWon Cho.

Like its predecessor, Level Two received universal acclaim for its story, action sequences, writing, performances, and animation. It has also been financially successful, grossing over $1.65 billion at the box office, against a budget of $164 million.

Plot
It’s been a couple of months since the events of the first film, and Keith is living his life. But something is wrong amidst Nintendo Land. Everyone there is glitching out. Now, in order to find out what’s happening, he heads back to Earth, only to find that there’s something much bigger at stake. Add an anthropomorphic duck with a prosthetic leg, an mysterious animated girl, and an uncle who isn’t what he appears to be, and Keith might have to do the impossible to save the world: reconnect with his family.

Cast
Noah Toczko as Keith

Paget Brewster as Anna Keene / Della Duck

Mark Wahlberg as Kevin Keene

Will Smith as Patrick

Kathryn Newton as Serena

Karl Urban as Mike Vincent

John Cena as Lt. Surge

Justice Smith as Seth / Pikachu

Chris Hemsworth as Link

Millie Bobby Brown as the voice of Hilda

Olan Rogers as the voice of Gary Goodspeed

Nicolas Cantu as Max

Teresa Gallagher as the voice of Nicole

SungWon Cho as Dr. Albert Wily

Caleb Glass as Iggy

Jennifer Lopez as Palutena

Chris Pine as Giovanni N. Ghetsis

Reception
The film has been critically acclaimed, scoring a 98% “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes. The critical consensus states “A major improvement over its predecessor, Level Two levels up the ante by giving the audience incredible action sequences, hilarious writing, and fantastic animation.” On Metacritic, it has scored a 93 out of 100. On CinemaScore, the audience gave the film an A+ on an A to F scale.