Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)Movies

Six years after 2009’s “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” shocked everyone by grossing $146 million, star and co-writer Kevin James returns as the bumbling title character in a tired sequel that has fewer laughs than most horror films. Bless his heart, James gives it his all, and the concept of a mall cop taking on deadly casino art thieves is solid. The problem is the execution, which is choppy, forced, and uninspired. The happy place we left Officer Blart in 2009 was not meant to be. His wife soon left him. His mother died. His daughter Maya (Raini Rodriguez) is now 18 and preparing to leave the nest. Blart still lives in his own sheltered and childish world as a security-obsessed mall cop. Big heart. Small brain. A security convention sends him to Sin City where Blart will wage a war...