Actors: Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Jennifer
Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz
Rating: 7 out of 10, I
loved the first movie which was raunchily funny throughout. They weren’t able to maintain the magic in
this second outing. The three leads were
still funny but the Jason Sudekis character wandered into the idiotic personae
of Charlie Day’s which meant Jason Bateman was the only sane one in the
bunch. There was still a lot of really
funny banter between the three boneheads who now try their hand at kidnapping
instead of murder and it goes predictably and very entertainingly south. Bateman remains the absolute master of the
offhand hilarious comment. This one was nowhere near as funny as the original
because the three guys were supposed to be regular Joes caught in a bad
situation not of their own making. Here
they are buffoons and a long way from the likable trio of the first film. The best parts are saved for the supporting
characters who are uniformly awesome.
Kevin Spacey in his Shark mode, Jennifer Anniston channeling her naughty
side again, Jamie Foxx as MF Jones and new bad boy Chris Pine completely steal
the movie and I found myself anxiously waiting for them to reappear on the
screen. Overall, still a funny movie,
but the original set the bar too high.
MVP: Jason Bateman as Nick Hendricks, the everyman
saddled with two complete idiots
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