The world’s most unprofessional newscaster is back. Will Ferrell’s most popular comedic creation Ron Burgundy returns to the big screen in this sequel where he reunites his old colleagues — sportscaster Champ Kind (David Koechner), weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) and lady-loving reporter Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) – to form the graveyard-shift team for America’s first 24-hour national news channel; in the process, inventing cable news as we now know it. God help us.. Ever since its fairly uneventful 2004 release, “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” has gone to become one of the most quoted and beloved comedies of the 2000s and a bonafide cult favourite. Of course fans are going to expect more from the sequel and of course they are going to be disappointed. When was the last time the sequel was better than the original?

Written by Ferrell and director Adam McKay ( who assumed the same roles on the original), the returning cast are obviously very comfortable with their roles and each other. It is their uproarious performances that add to the hilarity of it all, with Carell once again stealing the show. The problem here, compared to the first one, is that its comedic approach is to throw everything it can to the proceedings and see what sticks. Which means the humour, although laugh-out-loud at times, is slapdash and sporadic. A steady stream of high-profile celebrity cameos ((Oscar winners, A-listers, TV stars) at first liven things up but then seemed over-drawn after. Sure it continues with the original’s trademark template of satirical and surreal, but the balance in this sequel is definitely not as spot-on. That said, everyone gets into the spirit of silliness and that’s for a trip to the cinema.- GENEVIEVE LOH

(NC-16,113min)