As seems to be a bit of trend nowadays, this is the disappointing sequel in the expanded universe of a popular series. It was kicked off in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.Essentially, it only serves shift the focus to the bigger story of Grindelwald trying to do a Voldemort and to move various characters around a set of international locations while dishing out a few minor revelations. As a result, there's a distinct backgrounding of the actual beasts and wizard who loves to find them.
Depp is a welcome and suitably menacing presence - but criminally(!) underused, not least because he doesn't seem to commit many crimes.
Some scenes already felt like re-treads from the Harry Potter and I'll leave it to you to judge if the identity of a particular character was worth waiting a couple of hours for. I did like seeing the human form of Nagini though.
Verdict: Looks great, but feels like it's treading water.
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