Verdict:
Rise of Gru has the most blatant and tasteless pondering to the Chinese market I have seen in a Western production. If I was Chinese I would be offended. Beyond that, it contains the minimum number of visual jokes and just enough colourful animation required to pass the quality control. It is actually not the worst Despicable Me sequel. I want to hate it for how generic it is, but to its credit, there are no major plot holes and the dialogue is servicable. It is a totally serviceable kids movie. There is little else to say about it.