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Name: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Director: Dean DeBlois
Genre: action, adventure, animation, family, fantasy
Released: 2014
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 7.8

How to Train Your Dragon 2 has an iRankMovies score of 81.4/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

Training is over. The adventure begins.

Release:2014

Runtime:1h 42m

Country:United States

Director:Dean DeBlois

Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureAnimation

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Keywords

RescueHusband Wife RelationshipsacrificeParent Child RelationshipLoss Of Loved One villainMelancholyVikings Norsemen

iRank81

How to Train Your Dragon 2 rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.8/10· 398K votes

Rotten Tomatoes92%

Metacritic77%

TMDb7.681/10· 10K votes

With 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.8/10 on IMDb and 77/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About How to Train Your Dragon 2

Five years after uniting the dragons and Vikings of Berk, Hiccup and Toothless soar beyond their homeland, charting the vast unknown. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider with a startling connection to Hiccup. And as the ruthless dragon conqueror Drago Bludvist rises to seize control of both dragons and people alike, Hiccup must step into his role as a true leader and, alongside his friends and Toothless, protect Berk from a devastating war.

Cast of How to Train Your Dragon 2

Jay Baruchel
as Hiccup (voice)
Cate Blanchett
as Valka (voice)
Gerard Butler
as Stoick (voice)
Craig Ferguson
as Gobber (voice)
America Ferrera
as Astrid (voice)
Jonah Hill
as Snotlout (voice)
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
as Fishlegs (voice)
T.J. Miller
as Tuffnut (voice)
Kristen Wiig
as Ruffnut (voice)
Djimon Hounsou
as Drago (voice)
Kit Harington
as Eret (voice)
Kieron Elliott
as Hoark the Haggard (voice)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 facts

Budget: $145M
Box office: $621.5M
Collection: How to Train Your Dragon Collection

Our take on How to Train Your Dragon 2

Dean DeBlois's animated sequel widens the world of Berk five years on, as young Hiccup and his dragon Toothless fly beyond home and stumble upon a hidden cave of wild dragons and a mysterious rider tied to Hiccup's past. As the ruthless conqueror Drago Bludvist moves to seize control of dragons and people, Hiccup must grow into a leader and defend his home from war. It's a family adventure with soaring flight sequences, real emotional weight and themes of identity, loss and responsibility handled with unusual seriousness for the genre. Great for kids and adults alike, especially viewers who loved the first film and want a bigger, more heartfelt continuation.

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