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The film begins just before Shrek
(Mike Myers) and Donkey (Eddie Murphy) rescue Princess Fiona (Cameron
Diaz) in the first film. Desperate to lift their daughter's curse, King
Harold (John Cleese) and Queen Lillian (Julie Andrews) meet with con
artist Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn), who requests becoming king of Far Far
Away in exchange, and asks them to sign a contract. Just before the deal
is contracted, the king and queen learn that Fiona has already been
rescued. In the present, a disgruntled Rumpelstiltskin wishes Shrek was
never born and seeks revenge.
Meanwhile, Shrek has grown tired of being a domesticated family man and
celebrity among the local villagers, leading him to yearn for the days
when he felt like a "real ogre." He takes his family to Far Far Away to
celebrate his children's first birthday where lots of fictional characters
are present. Shrek gets annoyed here when the three little pigs eat the
kids' (Farkle, Fergus and Felicia) cake. A boy tells Shrek to roar. After
he lets out a roar of frustration, the entire crowd cheers. He then
smashes up a replacement cake and storms off. He meets Rumpelstiltskin,
who offers to give Shrek a day to live like a real ogre again in exchange
for a day from his childhood he wouldn't remember being erased. Shrek
agrees and signs the contract, and abruptly lands in a world where he is
still feared by villagers. He enjoys causing mischief until he finds
wanted posters for the ogress Fiona and his home deserted. He is suddenly
captured by witches and taken to Rumpelstiltskin, who is now the king of
Far Far Away, which has become derelict and uses ogres and even some of
Shrek's friends for slave labor.
Shrek realizes that the day Rumpelstiltskin erased was the day he was
born, meaning he never existed in this world before and is unrecognized by
everyone he knows. Furthermore, when the day ends, Shrek will fade from
existence. Shrek escapes Rumpelstiltskin's castle with the enslaved
Donkey. Initially terrified of Shrek, Donkey decides to trust him after
seeing Shrek cry over his lost past, something he had never seen an ogre
do before. After Shrek explains the situation, Donkey helps him find a
loophole: the contract will be rendered null and void if Shrek and Fiona
share true love's kiss before the day ends. Shrek and Donkey suddenly
encounter a band of ogres who have formed a resistance against
Rumpelstiltskin. These ogres are led by Fiona, who is still cursed after
escaping from the tower where she was held captive, and additionally keeps
the retired and overweight Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) as a pet.
Shrek does everything he can to gain Fiona's love, but she is too busy
preparing an ambush on Rumpelstiltskin during his nightly ogre hunt.
However, during the ambush, the ogres are caught in a trap by the Pied
Piper (who was hired by Rumpelstiltskin) instead and are captured. Shrek
insists Fiona kiss him, saying it will fix everything, but because Fiona
doesn't love him, so it is ineffective. Upon hearing that Rumpelstiltskin
is offering anything desired by the one who captures Shrek with no strings
attached, Shrek turns himself in exchange for all ogres being released,
but Fiona remains in custody because she is only an ogre by night due to
her curse (i.e., not "all ogre"). Shrek and Fiona are set to be fed to
Dragon, but Donkey, Puss and the ogres raid Rumpelstiltskin's castle,
allowing Shrek and Fiona to subdue both Dragon and Rumpelstiltskin.
As the sun begins to rise, Shrek begins to fade from existence, but Fiona,
having fallen in love with him all over again, kisses him just before he
disappears completely, which nullifies the contract and restores Shrek to
his world just before he originally lashed out at everyone. Shrek embraces
his friends and family with newfound appreciation for everything he has,
truly living happily forever after. |
