Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) once again finds himself in a guard’s uniform after hours but this time it’s at Washington DC’s Smithsonian. After stopping by one night at The American Museum of Natural History, that is getting ready to reopen its doors after renovations, he is informed that many of the exhibits are being replaced by new updated technology. That night Larry reconnects with all his friends for one last time. That night Theodore Roosevelt (Robin Williams) informs him that the magic tablet, that gives all of the exhibits life, will be staying and not following the exhibits that are going to be boxed up and stored at The Federal Archives at The Smithsonian. Thus for many of them this is the last night of life. The following night Larry gets a late night call Jedediah (Owen Wilson), one of the exhibits that headed to DC, who in a hysterics pleas with Larry for help explaining that The Tablet was stolen by the evil Pharaoh Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria) and is attacking them. With the help of his son Nick Daley (Jake Cherry), Larry sneaks into The Federal Archives and locates the exhibits that have not come to life yet that night. Larry locates the tablet but as he tries to make a run for it the sun sets and the exhibits come to life. Can Larry escape the clutches of Pharaoh Kahmunrah’s and stop his plan to bring an army from The Underworld to take over the world? With a little help from the exhibits including General George Armstrong Custer (Bill Hader), the statue of Abraham Lincoln from The Lincoln Memorial and love interest Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams), all signs point to yes.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian brings back the same fun that the first one delivered. Ben Stiller proves that he can still deliver an entertaining hit for the whole family.
Extras
The Blu-ray set is three discs including a standard DVD and a digital copy for your MP3 player. Disc one that is the Blu-ray disc is where you will find all the bonus material.
First up there are two commentary tracks options with multi-viewing. The first one is with Director Shawn Levy and gives us some nice technical details and some good behind-the-scenes information. However, the second commentary track with writers Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon is my choice, who talk about the characters and the maturity between the two films and to me is more fascinating.
There are also some Blu-ray exclusives. A Scavenger Hunt Mode that allow viewers to play a game while watching the film. Historical Confessions: Famous Last Words is a fake documentary where the exhibits talk about their living experience in the museum. Directing 201: A Day in the Life of Director/Producer Shawn Levy is an almost twenty minute video diary and Caveman Conversations: Survival of the Wittiest is another fake documentary with the three cavemen being interviewed by a British reporter.
There are more behind the scenes features including Music Magic: Entering the World of the Photograph, The Curators of Comedy: Behind-the-Scenes of Night at the Museum 2, Phinding Pharaoh and The Jonas Brothers in Cherub Bootcamp. There’s a gag reel and even twelve deleted scenes including an alternate ending. Secret Doors and Scientists: Behind-the-Scenes of the American Museum of Natural History is with museum curator Ellen Futter who gives us the real perspective of working in a museum. If that insn’t enough there are three featurettes on everyone’s famous monkey and much more.
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