Fantastic Beasts the Crimes of Grindelwald is the second installment in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them series. In this one Newt is given an assignment by Albus Dumbeldore to stop Grindelwald before he kills Credence. It stars Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Zoe Kravitz. It's also directed by David Yates who has given us the Harry Potter franchise ever since Order of the Phoenix. The biggest question I had after watching this is where was the plot? The first ten minutes hook you in, but after that the plot becomes one big mess as you have no idea where this is going or what's going on. I feel like David Yates was exhausted in making so many Harry Potter movies that after those first ten minutes he tapped out and had a random crew member take over for him to direct the first half. And after that another person came in to direct the middle, and David Yates directed the last half. I love the Harry Potter universe and I liked the first Fantastic Beasts, so you expect the sequel to better and stronger than the first one, but it was the weakest one of the Harry Potter movies. It cracked under pressure as it shoved Easter egg after Easter egg from previous Harry Potter movies so we could remember certain events, but they tried way too hard. Everything about this was forced as nobody could decide whether to give fans what they want or have the studio tell them that it should be done like this. And when I watch this this proves that nobody was on board and the actors looked bored or confused as what they were doing. I will say that Jude Law, Johnny Depp, and Eddie Redmayne give good performances with what they were given, but it didn't work out in the end. Overall, I do love the Harry Potter franchise and the Fantastic Beasts world that they are creating and it is worth seeing, but they need to bounce back in the sequel.