You know how this ends, right? Of course you know how this ends. So the point of the film isn't the foregone conclusion, but the journey, which is... bland.

It doesn't have the focus or splash of the original, but Charles Martin Smith's sequel winningly wears its heart on its sleeve and Winter plays herself to a crowd-pleasing tee.

Mild fun ensues, but even the returning players can't divert us from all its narrative water-treading ...

The two F's are front and center-family and friends-along with lessons in determination and fighting for what you believe in. Good stuff all round, if a little ham-fisted in its presentation.