Review by Pete Roche
Dastardly Gargamel (Hank Azaria)
has been living the high life since his undoing in 2011’s SMURFS. Between upscale magic shows in Paris with his feisty
feline, Azrael, the warty wizard spawns a pair of Smurf-like creatures in hopes
of harvesting their “essence” to sustain his evil energy.
The grey-skinned knockoffs—Vexy
(Christina Ricci) and her brother, Hackus (J.B. Smoove)—don’t pack half the
essence of the genuine article, leaving Gargamel disappointed and
desperate. So he tasks the two
“Naughties” with kidnapping Smurfette (Katy Perry), who’s practically bubbling over
with Smurf essence—and just happens to know the secret formula for concocting endless
batches of the stuff.
