Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt

This topic contains:

• overall comments and recommendations
• details of classification and consumer advice lines for Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt
• a review of Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 7 July 2026.

Overall comments and recommendations

About the movie

This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.

ACCM review

This review of the movie contains the following information:

• a synopsis of the story
• themes
• use of violence
• material that may scare or disturb children
• product placement
• sexual references
• nudity and sexual activity
• use of substances
• coarse language
• the movie’s message

A synopsis of the story

Vincent (voice of Jordan Worsley) and his partner, Cleopatra (voice of Maria Smakhtina), have settled into life at the Hermitage and are now raising two playful kittens, Mona (voice of Georgie Constantina) and Leo (voice of Stepan Letkovsky), while Vincent’s old friend Maurice (voice of Stephen Krisel) begins to feel sidelined and unappreciated and soon starts searching for new adventures. When an accident at the museum reveals a hidden chamber and Maurice finds an ancient papyrus scroll, they all set off for Egypt in order to find the second half of a lost key which leads to a lamp belonging to a legendary genie who has spent centuries trapped beneath the temple of Luxor. Once in Egypt, Vincent, Maurice, Cleopatra, their kittens and friends must solve ancient riddles and navigate booby-trapped chambers, while dealing with allies of questionable character as well as unexpected adversaries. At the same time, they uncover clues that reveal not only the history behind the museum’s Egyptian exhibits but also discovering where real treasure truly lies.

Greed; Selfishness; Unhealthy competition; Deceitfulness.

There is some violence in this movie, including:

• Maurice is caught by his tail, strung upside down and falls into a gramophone.
• During a scuffle, furniture is overturned and cabinets fall down in a domino-like effect, one of which falls on top of Cleopatra and Vincent.
• Mona, Leo and Maurice are chased by a rogue manhole cover that rolls through a sewer and smashes into a wall, narrowly missing the trio.
• Maurice chases the kittens while diners on a boat are knocked over in the chaos.
• Maurice shoots a bottle top at the balloons the kittens are using to escape, causing the balloons to burst and the kittens to fall into traffic.
• The kittens are nearly hit by a car and then almost run over by a truck.
• Maurice falls into a trolley; the trolley is hit by a truck and Maurice flies out but is unharmed.
• There are many near misses when Vincent, Cleopatra and the kittens drive a car and try to evade police.
• Maurice throws a rock at a seagull, hitting him in the head and causing him to fly into a pole.
• A cat is knocked on the head and falls into a bucket.
• A cleaner threatens Maurice and then sucks him into his vacuum.
• There are numerous scenes where characters fight over a necklace – pulling, grabbing and breaking things in the process.
• One cat threatens to eat Maurice and his friend, saying: “I will eat you down to your whiskers.”
• As seagulls approach Maurice, intent on eating him, another mouse blasts them with a water gun.
• The kittens are nearly killed by flying daggers from a booby-trap.
• A boulder, from another booby-trap, nearly crushes Leo and Mona.
• A cat sets a trap using the armed soldier statues in an ancient crypt to attack Vincent, Cleopatra, Maurice and the kittens. They are nearly struck with arrows before being locked in a sarcophagus.
• A cat is nearly stabbed with a sword.
• Maurice is kicked by a cat, which sends him flying and causes him to ricochet off various items around the burial chamber.

Material that may scare or disturb children

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under the age of five, including the following:

• There is a genie as well as a ghost who have scary, menacing voices and somewhat sinister appearances. This is especially true when the ghost inhabits the form of the large Egyptian guard, Anubis, who is depicted as a jackal-headed man. The possession of this character may be frightening for some young children.
• There are a number of scenes with ominous shadows and suspenseful music. In one scene, Maurice is attacked from behind, hit on the head and wakes up to find himself buried in sand.

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes and scary visual images, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged five to eight, including the following:

• Mona and Leo are tricked and are trapped by a large cane basket while trying to make their way into a temple, while another character laughs at them, makes fun of them and then leaves them. Their parents are separated from them and trapped somewhere in a dark chamber and, for a while, it seems there is no hope of escape.

• Nothing further noted.

Product placement

• None noted.

Sexual references

• None noted.

Nudity and sexual activity

• None noted.

Use of substances

There is some use of substances in this movie, including:

• A waiter balances, what appear to be, beer bottles on a tray.
• People in a restaurant drink at their tables.

Coarse language

There is some coarse language in this movie, including:

• Stupid
• Brats
• Pests
• Fools
• Wet nag
• Ginger fuzz ball
• Wimp
• Delinquents
• Nasty, gluttonous, flying beggars.
• You have mouse droppings for brains.
• Good for nothing zero.

In a nutshell

Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt is a family adventure about bravery, friendship and the importance of preserving history. Based 2 years after the original 2023 Cats in the Museum, the film features original characters as well as many new ones, along with bright animations, highlighting one of the greatest archaeological countries of all time. The film is best suited to families with children over the age of six.

The main messages from this movie are that you have the power to make your own wishes come true; that you don’t necessarily need to travel in order to find adventure; and that, generally, we already have most of what we need but sometimes we may require help to see it.

Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:

• Courage
• Teamwork
• Kindness
• Curiosity
• Friendship.

This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such as:

• Putting your own wishes before those of everyone else.
• Refusing to cooperate or work together.
• Tricking or lying to others in order to get what you want.
• Being overtaken by greed and forgetting the value of friendship.