In another mad rush to the airport the McCallisters make a point of remembering Kevin this time, but he gets lost in a crowd at the airport and follows a man who looks like his dad onto the wrong plane. Home Alone 2 is a carbon copy, but it's also much better and more complex a movie than the first. This should be seen by everyone at least once.Too many sequels suffer from Deja Vu, and hardly any of those carbon copies improve upon the original. All in all Home Alone is a classic film not only for Christmastime, but all year round. The traps that Kevin sets are smart and witty, and the location shots are perfect for the tricks he has planned for Harry and Marv. And you get some good screen time from stars such as Catherine O'Hara, John Heard and even John Candy. Those bandits are played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern who add so much to the film with their performance. The acting in Home Alone is top notch! Macaulay Culkin is brilliant as Kevin McCallister, the scared yet empowered young boy who takes on the "Wet Bandits". These kind of stunts could kill a person in real life, but the magic of movies allows the bandits to shake it off and continue their mischief. Examples include one of the thieves named Harry getting his head set on fire, the other Marv gets hit in the head with an iron. Whiz kid Kevin sets up a number of booby traps and set ups that severely injure the bandits. It's all fun and games at first for Kevin, until he discovers that a pair of thieves plan on robbing his house thinking that the place is empty. So while they take off for Paris, Kevin wakes up to find that he is all alone in this gigantic house. Home Alone is basically about a family that leaves for vacation, but in the rush of getting out on time they forget that young Kevin McCallister was not with them on their way to the airport. There was something powerful as a child seeing another child around the same age face the bad guys and be able to defeat them. Two crooks attempt to rob the family home, and it is up to Kevin to protect the place! Home Alone is one of my all time favourite Christmas movies, I couldn't get enough of it as a kid growing up. An eight year old boy is left home alone at Christmas when his family leave for a France vacation, not realizing he isn't on the plane with them.
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