Sunday, April 4, 2010

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

The opening plot to Home Alone 2 is similar to the plot in the first movie. The McCallister family, lead by Peter and Kate, has gathered to go on a trip to Miami, Florida for the Christmas holiday. This bugs Kevin, because (as he says) "there's no Christmas trees in Florida." The day of the flight the McCallisters sleep in and rush through the airport to make their flight, and Kevin stops while getting batteries for his Talkboy. Seeing a man who is wearing the same color coat as Peter, he follows him toward a flight to LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Kevin ends up in New York with his father's travel bag and wallet, while his family and Kevin's luggage arrive in Miami. Meanwhile, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), the "Wet Bandits" from the first film, have made their way to New York after escaping from prison in Chicago. Deciding to continue their burglary string in New York, Harry suggests they target toy stores due to the Christmas rush, and change their nickname to the "Sticky Bandits"; this after Harry uses double-sided masking tape to steal 14 cents from a Santa Claus on the street.
While contemplating on a place to stay while in New York, Kevin walks through Central Park and meets a lady that is covered in rags and tends to pigeons, which makes him shudder. He spots the Plaza Hotel, which he had heard mentioned on a game show the night before, and checks in pretending to be on vacation with his father, using Peter's credit card from his wallet. While at the hotel Kevin goes on a tour of New York and ends up at Duncan's Toy Chest, and meets the philanthropist owner, Mr. Duncan, who tells him the proceeds from the store's Christmas sales will go to children's hospitals. After Kevin donates some money Mr. Duncan allows him take a pair of ceramic turtledoves, instructing him to give one to someone else as a symbol of friendship. Kevin leaves the store and runs into Harry and Marv. He flees to the Plaza, but the Plaza's concierge Mr. Hector (Tim Curry) has investigated Kevin's suspicious cover story and believes Peter's credit card to be stolen. Kevin flees the hotel staff and is kidnapped by Marv and Harry. The two plan to kill Kevin while Marv mentions their plan to rob the toy store, which Kevin tape records before escaping into the back of a hansom cab.
In Miami, where the McCallisters are staying in a motel that forces them to share one room, receive word Kevin has been found via tracking Peter's credit card; the family then catches a flight to New York and once they get to the hotel, they confront the staff for letting Kevin escape. Kate goes out looking for Kevin after going against the advice of Peter and the hotel staff, while Mr. Hector gives the family a complimentary suite. Using his father's address book, Kevin finds the home of his relative Uncle Rob, but the door is locked and the home is being renovated while the inhabitants are on vacation. Kevin wanders the streets and encounters the pigeon lady again, and attempts to run but gets his foot caught. She frees him and Kevin apologies for being scared of her. The two watch a Christmas concert in a loft above Carnegie Hall, where the pigeon lady tells Kevin about how her life has fallen apart and how she dealt with it by taking care of the pigeons in the park. While walking the streets, Kevin stops at the children's hospital. Remembering what both Mr. Duncan and Marv said, Kevin decides to stop the bandits from robbing the store and rushes back to Uncle Rob's home. There, Kevin uses the renovation materials to set a series of booby-traps throughout the home.
Kevin arrives at the toy store in the middle of the heist, then photographs the two in the process of the crime and sets off the store's alarm by throwing a rock tied with a note to Mr. Duncan through the store's window, shattering it. Harry and Marv chase Kevin to Uncle Rob's house, break into the home, and are beset by Kevin's booby-traps before finally falling from the roof as Kevin calls the police from a phone booth. The bandits catch him, but the pigeon lady enters the scene and douses the two with bird seed, prompting pigeons to swoop down and swarm them. Kevin runs and sets off fireworks to signal the police, who arrest the bandits, and have Kevin's photographs and tape recording to use as evidence against them. At the toy store, Mr. Duncan finds Kevin's note and realizes his role in stopping the bandits. Kate finds Kevin in front of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, and the two embrace and apologize to each other before heading back to the Plaza. A truckload of gifts comes to the Plaza the next morning as a reward for Kevin's foiling of the robbery, and his older brother Buzz suggests that had it not been for Kevin getting on the wrong flight, they would not be in the suite with the Christmas tree and gifts in the first place; thus, he decides to allow Kevin to open up the first present as a sign of reconciliation. While everyone else is opening their presents, Kevin runs out into the snow to give the pigeon lady one of the two turtledoves Mr. Duncan gave him. While this occurs, Kevin's room service bill from his original stay at the hotel is delivered to the suite; Peter yells so loud Kevin can hear him across the street, and he runs back to as the film ends.

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