High School Musical 2 [G]

What time is it? Summertime! And the kids at East High are planning some serious fun, but at the same time they need to get jobs. With graduation creeping ever forward, everyone’s looking to their future, none more so than Troy for whom opportunity really comes knocking at Lava Springs where he and his schoolmates are doing their summer jobs. But as soon as he starts to take his chances, Troy begins to change and Gabriella, Chad, and all their East High mates don’t like what he’s changing into. 

Well, it’s better than the first one. High School Musical 2 sees more “drama”, more emotional struggles that are actually fitting for the young adult scene, the music is a little more fitting, as are the high-powered dance sequences. Everything is this movie grew and became better suited to the High School in High School Musical. 

What time is it? Summertime! And the kids at East High are planning some serious fun, but at the same time they need to get jobs. With graduation creeping ever forward, everyone’s looking to their future, none more so than Troy for whom opportunity really comes knocking at Lava Springs where he and his schoolmates are doing their summer jobs. But as soon as he starts to take his chances, Troy begins to change and Gabriella, Chad, and all their East High mates don’t like what he’s changing into. 

You still cannot take any of this seriously. Even the more dramatic scenes where there is legitimate tension are ruined by over-drummed and overemphasised musical numbers. 

It has to be said though, that the performances from everyone involved were much better. Those who overacted toned down a little, aside from Ashley Tisdale of course, and then those who were wooden and uncertain in the first movie became a little more limber and pliable. Everyone and everything grew naturally, giving this movie a much stronger sense of reality that its predecessor. 

Starring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Gabreel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Bart Johnson, Jessica Tuck, Chris Warren Jr., Olesya Rulin, and Mark L. Taylor, High School Musical 2 was better than the first one, but still overdone and cheesy as a supreme. Filled with changes, growth, work, opportunity, romance, and more music and high-powered dance sequences, it was an improvement; not a huge one but one nonetheless.