Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous |
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Directed by | John Pasquin |
Produced by |
Sandra Bullock Marc Lawrence |
Written by | Marc Lawrence |
Based on | Characters by Marc Lawrence Katie Ford Caryn Lucas |
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Music by | John Van Tongeren |
Cinematography | Peter Menzies Jr. |
Edited by | Garth Craven |
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Distributed by | Roadshow Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) |
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115 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $60 million |
Box office | $101,393,569 |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (also known as Miss Congeniality 2) is a 2005 comedy film directed by John Pasquin, starring Sandra Bullock. It is the sequel to the 2000 film Miss Congeniality.
Bullock, who also produced the film, commented during the film's promotion on the type of story she wanted to tell:
Several weeks after the events of the first film, FBI agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) has become a celebrity after she infiltrated the beauty pageant on her last assignment. Her fame resulted in her cover being blown while she is trying to prevent a bank heist.
To capitalize on her publicity, the FBI decide to make Gracie the new "face" of the FBI; She is hurt after being dumped by her boyfriend, fellow Agent Eric Matthews (who gets relocated to Miami), agrees to the reassignment.
When FBI Agent Sam Muller gets relocated to New York City from Chicago, Hart immediately despises her. Eventually, the FBI makes Muller Harts bodyguard to Mullers disgust.
Ten months later, she begins appearing on morning television such as Live with Regis and Kelly, The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Food Channel giving out fashion advice and promoting her book.
However, when her friends Miss United States Cheryl Fraser (Heather Burns) and Stan Fields (William Shatner) are kidnapped in Las Vegas, Hart goes undercover to try to rescue then accompanied by Muller, her bodyguard. This puts her at odds with the FBI, as they are unwilling to lose their mascot and are unsure if she's still up to the tasks.