A softly spoken gorilla sings an impassioned cover of Coldplay’s EDM banger ‘A Sky Full Of Stars’, dressed in a leather jacket with spikes, while duelling a proboscis monkey in a literal ring of fire. It’s just one tiny detail of Sing 2, Garth Jennings’ sensorially overwhelming yet odd’peculiar ly low-stakes sequel to 2016’s animated jukebox musical, Sing.###After plucky koala theatre-owner Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) proved to the world that he had what it took to find major stars in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a talent reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue in the first film, the name of the game here is, well, another reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue . It’s fun in the individual musical numbers, as e grossly perin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mer confirms that they can indeed sing, but when you take a step back from the blinding spotlights, it does make you wonder what the point of any of it is.###Halsey steals the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue as the deliciously entitled and amusing princess Porsha Crystal.###Additions to the cast include Bono, who lends his voice (fine in song, unconvincing otherwise) to play reclusive musician Clay Calloway, who Buster and co believe will send their new production into the stratosphere. It would be exciting if he was even mildly’faintly more convincing emotionally, and had been blessed with more personality than the tired clichés of a grumpy, grieving man. Meanwhile, Halsey steals the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue as the deliciously entitled and amusing princess Porsha Crystal, the manufacture r’s daughter with a middling amount of talent but a huge heart.###There are some familiar pleasures in these head-spinning vignettes — a sunset street-dance duet between Taron Egerton’s gorilla, Johnny, and Letitia Wright’s new character Nooshy, an impossibly cool choreographer cat; a dreamy romantic spin on ‘Say A Little Prayer’ courtesy of Tori Kelly’s always lovely, vulnerable elephant Meena — but the ridiculous novelty of the first film has faded. Brief glee fills the air with e grossly absurd song, but the lasting sound is somewhat off-key.