Rating: 
Summary: Not bad but disappointing
Review: I like many was disappointed with this movie. First off French- I MEAN FREE Stewart is not the kind of actor who should play IG. Matt Broderick was a perfect fit, he gave energy to the role, Stewart acts like wood. So does Elaine Hendrix who is supposed to be the COOL Gadget, instead both her and Stewart slump into The Home Depot and slack off because they are bored. That's my ... joke for today. Anyway, the movie is slightly ..., but I found some good in it. It was funny at some parts, but another thing I didn't enjoy was that you never saw Claw's face in IG2, but in IG1, Rupert Everett played him magnificently without a flaw as Claw. But now the guy that plays him was taken out of the BAD ACTORS OF ALL TIME Hall of Fame, and we get stuck with a bad Claw. There were only two actors that played their parts good and that was Caitlin Wachs who played Penny and D.L. Hughley (THE ONLY RETURNING MEMBER FROM THE FIRST MOVIE) as the Gadgetmobile. But in other words, the movie is good at most areas and it is good for all audiences and should be viewed as fluff, not an epic motion picture like Braveheart.Watch it with an open mind and enjoy!
Rating: 
Summary: Average
Review: I saw this for the first time on the weekend, and while it's not really as bad as some would have you believe, it isn't that great, either.
To start with, it's hard to equate Matthew Broderick's Gadget, with the character played by French Stewart. Broderick put real life into Gadget, where Stewart played Gadget purely as a 2 dimensional cartoon character for 90% of the movie. The only time he came to life was near to the end, when Claw kidnapped Penny.
Just for the record, I thought that was a nice throw-back to the original cartoon. Penny was forever getting caught by MAD agents, though she was usually rescued by Brain, and not Gadget.
The emphasis on the glitches in Gadget's circuitry was a little confusing. In the cartoon, the so-called glitches were usually his gadgets doing the thinking for him. The Inspector was such a lame-brain (and I mean that in the fondest way) that he inevitably called on the wrong gadget for whatever situation he was in. So whenever a gadget popped out that was different to the one he called for, you could be fairly sure it was the right one to do the job.
In this movie, the glitches were just that - glitches.
And then, there's Claw. Rupert Everett did a fantastic job of playing Claw in the first film. It didn't matter that his face wasn't hidden, as was the case in the cartoon. It was pointless that they tried to do that in the second film. Aside from the shockingly awful voice, what they ended up with was an 'evil' version of Wilson from Home Improvement. It was just plain sad, given Everett's deliciously wicked performance in the original.
I'm not totally sure what to think of Elaine Hendrix's performance as G2. I suppose it was fine when you consider that she is basically supposed to be an emotionless android who slowly comes alive as the film progresses, but how can you feel anything for a character that is little more than a piece of wood for most of the movie? Like French Stewart's Gadget, she only came alive towards the end of the film, and by then it was too late.
There are positives to the movie. Unfortunately, there just aren't enough.
One is the fact that Penny is given considerably more importance in this movie. In the first, she was more of a sidekick than anything else, and that rankled the hardcore fans quite a bit.
The special effects were okay, but I'm afraid that's all I can say.
As an Aussie, it was interesting to see two Aussie actors hamming up the roles of Chief Quimby and the Mayor (Mark Mitchell and Sigrid Thornton, respectively), but even they didn't give the film much of a lift.
As another reviewer commented, one blessing was that the voice of the Gadgetmobile was the same. Unfortunately there just aren't enough other redeeming features to save what could have been a wonderful movie.
Rating: 
Summary: This movie was horrible!!!!!
Review: I thought the first part was great I even enjoyed watching it with my son (3.5 years old), but this one was lame. None of the original actors were in it and I don't blame them. My son could barely finish watching it. The plot is too difficult for kids to follow and the great gadgets from the first film are gone. Do not waste your time or money on this one.
Rating:
Summary: Mindless Entertainment Kids Will Love
Review: Inspector Gadget is bored. He's been so effective at fighting crime, there's no more crime for him to fight in the city of Riverton. He's been so effective, that the police department is proud to unleash G2, a new, all robot upgrade in the form of a female detective. While smitten with love at first sight, Gadget is crushed when G2 is assigned the case of the escaped Dr. Claw. With Penny's prodding's, he conducts his own investigation, but his glitches keep ruining the day. Will he keep his job? Will anyone ever catch Dr. Claw?With all new actors (except D. L. Hughley as the voice of the Gadetmobile), this movie feels completely different from the first live action movie. On the plus side, they stuck more to the conventions of the cartoon series, such as hiding Dr. Claw's face. However, this movie doesn't have the humor of the original, relying mostly on slapstick to get laughs. While it works, adult fans of the original will be disappointed. The villain's plan is one of the most original means of committing a crime, and I loved watching the results once I finally figured out what they were up to. Kids were obviously the target audience of this film, and they'll love watching Gadget bumble into one mess after another. Adults will be entertained as well, even if not to the extent that the first film led us to hope for.
Rating:
Summary: Mindless Entertainment Kids Will Love
Review: Inspector Gadget is bored. He's been so effective at fighting crime, there's no more crime for him to fight in the city of Riverton. He's been so effective, that the police department is proud to unleash G2, a new, all robot upgrade in the form of a female detective. While smitten with love at first sight, Gadget is crushed when G2 is assigned the case of the escaped Dr. Claw. With Penny's prodding's, he conducts his own investigation, but his glitches keep ruining the day. Will he keep his job? Will anyone ever catch Dr. Claw? With all new actors (except D. L. Hughley as the voice of the Gadetmobile), this movie feels completely different from the first live action movie. On the plus side, they stuck more to the conventions of the cartoon series, such as hiding Dr. Claw's face. However, this movie doesn't have the humor of the original, relying mostly on slapstick to get laughs. While it works, adult fans of the original will be disappointed. The villain's plan is one of the most original means of committing a crime, and I loved watching the results once I finally figured out what they were up to. Kids were obviously the target audience of this film, and they'll love watching Gadget bumble into one mess after another. Adults will be entertained as well, even if not to the extent that the first film led us to hope for.
Rating:
Summary: Depressing.
Review: Let's start with the film itself. Watching it gives you this dirty, dirty feeling that smoking a pack of Parliaments three years after having quit does. However, the cigarettes are cheaper and at least placate your vestigal addiction. The only thing 'Inspector Gadget 2' will placate is a souless, creatively hollow child who has been raised on nothing but american cheese and Pop-Tarts. This is why the movie did so well with American audiences under 12. As for quality, sure, the special effects are there, but they're par for the course and nothing your kids haven't already seen. The acting is as one-dimensional as unassembeled IKEA furniture, and is of similar quality as well. Elaine Hendrix (G2), who plays a vicious, condescending shrew better than anyone else (Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Parent Trap), screams for help and tries to do something with the role, but quickly realizes she can't. French Stewart whores himself out to the film's inaneness with a zeal that poor Ms. Hendrix is much too civilized to mimick. I'm sorry, maybe I'm just missing the point. But why would we ever subject our young to such an atrocious movie? I sincerely question the capabilities of any parent who would recommend this movie. Before all you minivan mothers out there bite me, keep in mind that it is not necessary to insult your child's intelligence for he or she to have a good time. If you insist on commenting how smart and how articulate your own 50-pound meatloaf is, at least do them justice and show them something fun that doesn't bite them back. At least 'Beauty and the Beast' doesn't have any product placement. Or even the original cartoon show, 'Inspector Gadget', which was not nearly as bad as the cinematic holocaust this movie turned our to be.
Rating:
Summary: INSPECTOR GADGET 2
Review: My family and I watched the first Gadget and really liked it. We thought the second one was extremely painful to watch. We give it a definitive thumbs DOWN!
Rating:
Summary: Inspector Gadget 2
Review: My family and I watched the first Inspector Gadget and were disappointed. We weren't sure if we wanted to watch a second helping or not, but we gave it a try and we're glad we did! IG2 was funny, energetic, silly, and well done. We thought French Stewart played an endearing Inspector, we liked Claw's mysteriousness, and we enjoyed all of the computer generated images. Our kids are 7 and 8 years old and they followed the plot easily. They also understood most of the jokes and laughed out loud several times. We tried out all of the extras on the DVD and that provided even more laughing out loud moments for all of us. This movie was a winner.
Rating:
Summary: not good
Review: this frankly smelled... but it would've been ok under a few conditions. (and not to mention consistent with the first one) 1) inspector gagdet should have been played by matthew broderick, in my opinion, he was and always will be the perfect gadget. 2) they should have had the lady whose father created him in the first movie, ig was supposed to fall in love with her, but they conpletely left her out in this movie!!!! 3) the special effects are TERRIBLE!!!!!! 4) dr. claw really bothered me in this one... in short, ladies and gentlemen, this is, yet again, proof of how really desperate disney is.
Rating: 
Summary: Why disney, why?
Review: This movie was Ok in some sort of ways, but why did Gadget fall in love with G2? Wasn't he in love with Brenda in Inspector Gadget 1? French Stewart made a better Gadget, but the 1st was way more funnier than this one. Why didn't it show in theatres either. I give this a 4 out of 5 since I'm nice.
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