Blue Sky Studios, the animated studio the resides with 20th century Fox, is known for bringing moviegoers the Ice Age Franchise; and that is about it. However things changed in the 2011 when the animated studio found another hit in the form of Rio. Directed by Carlos Saldanha, Rio told the story of Blu, a awkward Spix Macaw who was thought to be the last of his kind. However that changes when Blu finds himself in a colorful adventure along side a female Spix Macaw named Jewel. Rio made over 400,000,000 in the box office and received a good reception with critics as well as moviegoers. With this successful combination, there was only one choice for Blue Sky to make: green light the sequel. Now in 2014 we have Rio 2. The film once again follows Blu and Jewel as they take their new family to the Amazon to find a community of Spix Macaw. Rio 2 marks the first time that Blue Sky has had a sequel that was not Ice Age; but does this continuation live up to its predecessor?
