The Bad Guys 2
Movie, 2025, The Bad Guys
The Bad Guys 2 is #49 of 51 in release order and #51 of 51 in chronological order in the DreamWorks Animation.
The story
The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
The Bad Guys 2 recap
The Bad Guys are out of prison and trying to live honest lives, but nobody will hire them. Wolf and Governor Diane Foxington, the former thief the Crimson Paw, are not quite a couple. When a new thief called the Phantom Bandit strikes, the evidence points at the gang, and Wolf helps Police Commissioner Misty Luggins investigate. The Bad Girls, a crew led by the snow leopard Kitty Kat, with the raven Doom and the boar Pigtail Petrova, set them up and blackmail them with footage of Diane's criminal past. Kitty forces the Bad Guys into one more heist: stealing an experimental rocket. Her real plan is to use a magnet on the space station to pull all of Earth's gold into orbit.
The Bad Guys 2 ending explained
Kitty betrays the Bad Guys, but Luggins believes them and helps them board the rocket. In space, Wolf wrecks the magnet and the gold returns to Earth, Diane knocks Kitty out, and Wolf and Diane kiss. Kitty is jailed, and Luggins fakes the gang's deaths so the Bad Guys and Diane can become secret agents for an international league of protectors.
Post-credits scenes
During the credits, Professor Marmalade panics in his gold limousine orbiting Earth until the car turns into a spaceship and he starts laughing. After the credits, Mr. Snake, in a freight elevator, says goodbye to the audience.
Where to watch The Bad Guys 2
The Bad Guys 2 is streaming on Netflix in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.0/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%
Where it fits
- Release order: after How to Train Your Dragon, before Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie.
- Chronological order: after The Bad Guys, the last.
What to watch before The Bad Guys 2
The Bad Guys (2022), which The Bad Guys 2 (2025) continues.
Cast
- Sam Rockwell as Wolf (voice)
- Marc Maron as Snake (voice)
- Awkwafina as Tarantula (voice)
- Craig Robinson as Shark (voice)
- Anthony Ramos as Piranha (voice)
- Zazie Beetz as Diane Foxington (voice)
- Danielle Brooks as Kitty Kat (voice)
- Natasha Lyonne as Doom aka Susan (voice)
- Maria Bakalova as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
- Alex Borstein as Commissioner Misty Luggins (voice)
- Richard Ayoade as Professor Marmalade (voice)
- Lilly Singh as Tiffany Fluffit (voice)
Directed by Pierre Perifel.