Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

"You're on the 2 AM to 5 AM slot."

"What? That's the graveyard shift!"

"I ain't afraid of no ghost!"

Ron Burgundy (Ferrell) and his wife Veronica Corningstone (Applegate) are the co-anchors at a news show in New York.  When the nightly news anchor retires, the job goes to Veronica and Ron is fired from the network.  Ron leaves Veronica and their son Walter (Nelson) and returns to San Diego.  Six months later he accepts an anchor position for GNN, a new network that wants to broadcast the news 24 hours a day.  He decides to reunite the old team: reporter Brian Fantana (Rudd) who is now a famed photographer, sports guy Champ Kind (Koechner) who now owns a fast food chain, and meteorologist Brick Tamland (Carell) who is still confused.

They are given the graveyard shift and decide to use their time slot to give the people news that they actually want to hear.  With station owner Kench Allenby (Lawson) and director Linda Jackson (Good) watching their every move, and anchor Jack Lime (Marsden) mocking them, can the team beat the odds?


In 2004 Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay teamed up to bring Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy to life.  Ferrell and McKay worked together on Saturday Night Live, and have since collaborated on several films and the comedy website Funny or Die.  Nine years after the success of Anchorman, they decided to bring Ron Burgundy back to the big screen.

All of the main characters return for this film, some only for cameos.  The film also features some gags from the original.  The best use of these gags is the newscaster battle towards the end.  The scene is bursting with impressive cameos and ridiculous weapons.  It was my favorite scene.

Many of the funniest gags appeared in the film's trailer.  The film is funny, but it also drags in some scenes.  An ok sequel and comedy... funny but not great.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) 119 minutes
Rating: R for language, drug use, sexual material and references
Director: Adam McKay
Starring: Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland
Paul Rudd as Brian Fantana
David Koechner as Champ Kind
Christina Applegate as Veronica Corningstone
Dylan Baker as Freddie Shapp
Meagan Good as Linda Jackson
Judah Nelson as Walter Burgundy
James Marsden as Jack Lime
Greg Kinnear as Gary
Josh Lawson as Kench Allenby
Kristen Wiig as Chani Lastname