Good Burger 2 (2023)
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After a failed business venture, a former fast-food worker must reunite with his old friend to save their beloved restaurant from a corporate takeover.
The story
Twenty-six years after the events of the first film, Dexter Reed has failed as an entrepreneur after a disastrous invention burns down his home. Left homeless, he moves in with Ed, who still works at Good Burger. Dexter decides to return to the restaurant to work while planning his next venture. However, Ed is being pressured by a lawyer for the conglomerate MegaCorp to turn Good Burger into a global franchise. When the pair agrees to the deal, they discover the contract contains hidden clauses that threaten the restaurant's employees and its original identity.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Twenty-six years after the first film, Dexter Reed's entrepreneurial dreams fail when a flame-retardant spray burns down his house. He moves in with Ed, who now owns Good Burger. Dexter returns to work there, while Ed faces pressure from MegaCorp's lawyer, Cecil McNevin, to franchise the restaurant. After signing a contract they didn't fully read, they discover MegaCorp plans to shut down the flagship store and fire the staff. Dexter and Ed confront the CEO, Katt Bozwell, who wants to rebrand the restaurant as Mega Good Burger using robot versions of Ed. To stop the launch, the employees infiltrate MegaCorp headquarters. While Dexter and Ed are separated from Mia, a computer expert, they reach the control room. Dexter saves Mia, and Ed reprograms the robots to go haywire during the national television demonstration. In the aftermath, MegaCorp is shut down, Ed regains ownership, and Dexter is reconciled with his sister. Finally, Ed and his son Ed 2 figure out how to make permanent ice, which they sell to Mark Cuban for $10,000,000.00.
- First release year
- 2023
- Runtime (minutes)
- 90
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Phil Traill
- Writers
- Kevin Kopelow · writer; Heath Seifert · writer
- Cast and characters
- Kenan Thompson · Dexter Reed; Kel Mitchell · Ed
- Genres
- comedy; teen comedy; buddy comedy
- Themes
- Friendship; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Greed
- Tone and mood
- Comedy; Over-the-top
- Premise and plot tags
- Sequel; Food; Workplace Comedy
- Source material / true-story basis
- A comedy sketch featured on the Nickelodeon series All That.
- Franchise connections
- Good Burger
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a major success for Paramount+ in terms of viewership, debuting as the most-watched domestic launch for an original film in the service's history.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 48 · scale: 100 · review count: 6
- Production trivia
- The film was filmed in North Providence, Rhode Island, using a former Friendly's restaurant as a stand-in for Good Burger.; The production window mirrored the same window as the original film (May to June).
Film metadata comes from the open sources listed in Credits & Contact. Catalogue details may be incomplete.
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