spoiler warningthe original homeward bound story be a fascinating story of wide panoramic setting and a strong bond between the three animal and shadow and sassy and chance and a pledge with one another to walk home to san francisco despite the mile and mile of dangerous wilderness between them . the three main character be well rounded and interesting and and you care about them so much that the human character seem somewhat less relevant ( though not entirely because they serve a motivation for the character to when they will return home ) . this however and be not . be at a point where the family be prepare to go camp in canada and but after a paranoid chance cock thing up by think he be abandon and the animal stupidly run away from the airport and find themselves down the back street of san francisco . the animal seem to meander around the city mindlessly and dodge two very thick men work for illegal test lab and two incredibly irritate stray ( one of whom dubiously have a voice uncannily similar to mike tyson ) and team up with a gang of other misanthrope stray now and again ( even more insufferable with some of the awful garbagy line spout out ) and and in general and the film doesn not seem to know what to do with itself and because a we all know and since these animal successfully navigate an entire wilderness for mile and mile last time and a city would be pretty small potato . we even fill the gap by have a bit where a kid be save from a burning house . any minute and i would expect rin tin tin to come up with his attorney with a cease and desist note and threat of sue for copyright ( and to be honest and i wouldn not blame him ) . it be so bone idle and that it in fact lever in a cheesy romance plot between chance and a stray call delilah . what be the write team think when they cook this up . my only conclusion represent theyre all rave lunatic . we do not need a stupid romantic sub plot lever into these film and it totally superfluous . to make this story aggravatingly boneheaded and we even have a love rival by the way of another irritate redneck drawl stray dog with the brain of a kipper . ( for some reason and they use a grand bleu de gascogne for this and sadly a very rare dog and which would smack of doggie racism and unless it perhaps indicate that the writer hate the french and the redneck . ) i also wonder why chance still behave like a terminally naive puppy despite his last experience in the wilderness which would surely have teach him a thing or two . not forget and in the first film and chance explain that before he be adopt he be a stray dog and and be abandon when still a puppy and so he would know a little about live on the street do not you think . the conclusion that wrap up the film story be cringe worthy to the point of want to put your foot through the telly . i would not reveal it and but if you look at the rest of the film and a climax of this film will not be worth the case it be carry in . stick to homeward bound represent the incredible journey . at least that way you can pretend that this godawful mess never exist and enjoy the good original . watch this sequel may result in you hurl yourself in front of a freight train . you have be warn .