Who hated it? I thought it was terrific!

https://moviemusicuk.us/2022/04/29/the-bad-guys-daniel-pemberton/

> The first score from 2022 is an insane amount of jazzy, caper-y fun,
> although it arguably plays better in film order and with at least a few of
> the needle drops in place
> (https://chrono-score.blogspot.com/2023/01/bad-guys-2022.html). Now with
> The Bad Guys 2, I'll admit that for the first half of the album I
> was worried it was TOO much of a repeat of the first score, but by the end
> - especially when they get into outer space - it does expand in scope
> while maintaining the same themes and general sound, which is what any
> good sequel should do. Not exactly the glow-up that Across the
> Spider-Verse was compared to Into the Spider-Verse, but still a
> great time. I'll also admit that I love it whenever the 'Dies Irae' is
> used in film music.

> The film itself is, again, a lot of fun! Some are saying it's better than
> the first, and maybe in some ways it is, but for me it's been a pretty
> consistent plane of great cartoon filmmaking from 1 to 2.