Unsurprisingly, Willy’s hanging around with his(ital) family, and renews his acquaintance with Jesse in the idyllic surroundings until a big bad oil tanker spills its load, trapping Willy and his brother and sister and setting up the second freeing of the luckless killer whale.

Attempting to get together a bit of family harmony, mum (Atkinson) and dad (once more a suitably embarrassed Madsen) take the gang off on a camping holiday on the coast. Jesse (Richter) has grown up into a somewhat gawky teenager, healthily (though incongruously, after the innocent first movie) obsessed with young girls and having difficulty coping with his newly arrived half-brother Elvis. In classic sequel fashion, you go easy on the great ideas, reckon on the Willy brand doing the business, and produce something that’s simply not as good. So you’ve freed Willy: where do you go from there? Well, you get him into trouble again, free him once more and hope that the millions of youngsters captivated by the original monster hit will be up for a spot more.

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