July 25, 2025 (United Kingdom)
August 1, 2025 (United States)
The Bad Guys 2 is an American animated heist action comedy film loosely based on the children's book series of the same name by Aaron Blabey, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The sequel to The Bad Guys and the second film in the Bad Guys franchise, it is directed by Pierre Perifel and co-directed by JP Sans. The film stars the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Zazie Beetz, Richard Ayoade, Lilly Singh, and Alex Borstein reprising their roles from the first film, with Danielle Brooks, Maria Bakalova and Natasha Lyonne, joining the cast.
Perifel stated that he would love to do a sequel to The Bad Guys in March 2022, before the release of the first film. Two years later, DreamWorks Animation announced a sequel, with Perifel and the voice cast returning, while Sans would serve as co-director. Lyonne joined the cast in July 2024, with the involvement of Brooks and Bakalova being announced in November. Daniel Pemberton will compose the score, returning from the previous film.
The Bad Guys 2 was released in the United States on August 1, 2025. Like its predecessor, the film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $10 million.
Storyline[]
Five years ago Back In 2018, in Cairo, Egypt, the Bad Guys—Wolf, Shark, Snake, and Piranha—show off their skills as they help Ms. Tarantula (the newest member to their team) out with her very first heist. After using her hacking skills to disable security cameras, the gang break into the governor’s lair and Wolf steals a prototype car, which the Bad Guys use as their getaway car.
Five Years Later In 2023 Following their release from prison, the Bad Guys struggle to fit into society. Wolf, Shark, Piranha, and Webs unsuccessfully try to find jobs while Snake is usually away from home. Inspired by Governor Diane Foxington to give people a reason to accept them, Wolf helps Commissioner Misty Luggins track down the Phantom Bandit, a new criminal. After leaving, they find evidence leading to the bandit being Snake, only to later realize he was with his new girlfriend, Susan. In an attempt to expose the Phantom Bandit, the Bad Guys are ultimately framed for the Phantom Bandit's work.
They are later kidnapped by a group of female criminals—Kitty, Pigtail, and Doom, the latter of whom used the name "Susan" as an alias and was using Snake to lure the Bad Guys. Kitty recruits them to help steal the experimental MOON-X rocket, using video footage revealing Diane as the Crimson Paw—her former criminal identity—as blackmail. Meanwhile, Diane visits their previous foe, Professor Marmalade, in prison. He reveals that Kitty plans to use the MOON-X space station, which has a magnet that, attached with a metal known as MacGuffinite, can steal all of the world's gold.
The group begins their plan by successfully stealing the smartwatch of the rocket's owner, Mr. Moon, at his wedding. Kitty gives Wolf the footage on a flash drive as promised, but traps them after the Bad Guys record her confession. Kitty uploads the video to the internet, revealing Diane's secret identity globally, acquitting Marmalade, and alerts the police of the Bad Guys' location. Diane confronts the girls before they board the rocket, but Kitty reveals that the footage is now live and tranquilizes Diane, who sneaks on board while half-conscious. Luggins arrests the Bad Guys, but admits that she trusts them and helps them board the rocket via helicopter.
Pigtail and Doom do not want to attack the Bad Guys, but Kitty refuses to give up and overpowers the machine, magnetizing a large amount of gold. When Wolf reaches her, Kitty breaks the magnet's remote. However, Wolf manages to pickpocket the watch, which allows him to maneuver the rocket into the space station, destroying the magnet and returning the gold to Earth. Enraged, Kitty attempts to kill Wolf, but Diane recovers and defeats her. Wolf and Diane reunite and share their first kiss. The Bad Guys regroup as the space station plummets towards Earth, while Pigtail and Doom escape with Kitty in an escape pod. After crash-landing, Kitty is sent to prison, Doom and Pigtail are sentenced to community service, and Luggins fakes the deaths of the Bad Guys and Diane so they can be employed as secret agents.
In a mid-credit scene, Marmalade, who was stuck inside his golden limo, reveals that it's actually a spaceship that he uses to take home.
Also See[]
- The Bad Guys (2022)
- The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday (2023)
- The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist (2024)
- The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis (2025) (Shorts)