How the dazzling, overstuffed 'Incredibles 2' holds up a cracked mirror to present-day reality
One of the first things you notice in "Incredibles 2" - and if you haven't had the pleasure of seeing it, you should do so before reading any further - is that no time appears to have elapsed since the events of the first "Incredibles." Fourteen years may have gone by since the release of writer-director Brad Bird's Oscar-winning hit, but the sequel picks up right where its predecessor's cliffhanger ending left off, with the Parr family - Bob, Helen and their kids, Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack - leaping back into the fray.
It's a testament to the power of animation, of course, that this is possible. "Incredibles 2" is hardly the only recent example of a beloved American screen family making a long-deferred comeback, but unlike their live-action counterparts on "Fuller House" or the evolving reboot of "Roseanne," the Parrs haven't aged a day. If anything, the wonders of digital nipping and tucking ensure that they look even better than before.
And the story that Bird has devised for them, while considerably more elaborate, resembles the first in general outline. Once again these "supers" seek redemption from a world that has outlawed their powers and forced them
