Yet another of the recent comedy sequels that seem to be the flavour of the month, or maybe people are just running out of ideas! This time Ben Stiller is back as the clueless male model Derek Zoolander who has retired and lives a solitary existence in extreme Northern New Jersey since an accident at his Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good caused the death of his wife and injury of his best friend Hansel McDonald (Owen Wilson), then as he struggled with this situation he also lost custody of his son.

In the meantime head of the Interpol fashion police Valentina Valencia (Penelope Cruz) who is investigating the death of a number of celebrity stars realises that they all died trying to imitate Dereks classic Blue Steel pose and soon links the deaths to an old legend around a chosen child and the fountain of youth legend. It will come as no surprise who the chosen child turns out to be but when Derek tracks his son down with the help of Valentina and Hansel, whom he has managed to reconcile with, the ever vain Derek is devastated to find out he is a fat child and despite his best efforts cannot bring himself to love him. So begins a cameo laden plot into the world of the fashion industry to infiltrate the inner circles of the business to find out what is the link to the legend of the fountain of youth and who is behind it.

Zoolander 2 has received a lot of critism but as far as the recent slew of comedy sequels go it’s as good as any. While totally unnecessary it pokes fun at itself throughout with Stiller excellent as the hapless model, Wilson get a little more to do this time around and he put all his comedic efforts to the fore and Cruz makes a good foil as the straight laced Valencia. The rest of the cast all give it full throttle with Kristen Wiig superb, and almost unrecognisable as Alexanya Atoz whose mispronunciation of English words is hilarious. Possibly best of the lot is Benedict Cumberbatch in a small part as the omnigender model All. The one main gripe I would have is that Will Ferrell does not get the unleash his comedy this time around.

The movie does exactly what it needs to do and you will laugh, despite your best efforts, at the stupidity of both the plot, the overacting and the implausibility of the whole situation. If you can accept that it is just Stiller poking fun at the fashion industry again and take the film for what it is you should enjoy a giggle or two along the way.

DJ Speaks Rating: 5.5 Out Of 10