![]() ![]() We screen for comments that seek to spread information that is false or misleading.We will not publish comments that are profane, libelous, racist, or engage in personal attacks.Preference is given to commenters who use real names.Please be advised:Ĭomments are moderated and will not appear on site until they have been reviewed.Ĭomments are not open on some news articles Bell Media reserves the right to choose commenting availability. Bell Media reviews every comment submitted, and reserves the right to approve comments and edit for brevity and clarity. Hey, maybe they could join McCarthy and Bullock in THEIR sequel? Will there be a sequel? Well, we'd like to see more of Washington and Wahlberg together. It all ends in an orgiastic shootout, of course. There's also a juvenile obsession with male private parts, and guns aimed at said private parts. One of the worst involves the torture of chickens. He wants to work "together." Bobby wants to work "in the same area code."īut for each amusing exchange, there's a gratuitous scene that dampens the proceedings. Or discussing their relationship - Stig's the touchy-feely one, hoping, he says, for an "Ebony and Ivory" sort of union. These guys are funniest doing little things, like quibbling over how much you should tip a waitress - just after they've set a huge fire to the diner she works in and the place is about to blow. In short, the boys are in all kinds of trouble, and we haven't even told you about Bobby's girlfriend, Deb (Paula Patton), who also works for the DEA and loves Bobby, but might be dating somebody else who ALSO might be big trouble.Ĭonfused? Well, at least you'll find yourself laughing often at the Washington-Wahlberg banter. Earl, who's always surrounded by henchmen, has an unnerving interrogation method: it's called Russian Roulette.īut it's not only Earl who's after the duo: Stig is persona non grata with the Navy now, after running afoul of a corrupt boss (James Marsden, his usual charm untapped in this role). And Stig? Navy intelligence.īoth are now on the run, pursued by a shady character, Earl, who says the money's his and wants it back (Bill Paxton, amusingly sleazy). To whom does it belong? Well, wait, because first we need to tell you that each man also learns the other's real identity. They soon discover that instead of the couple million bucks they were expecting to find, there's upward of $40 million in the bank. We begin with Bobby (Washington) and Stig (Wahlberg) plotting a small-town bank robbery, each believing the other to be a disposable criminal, and each trying for his own reasons to seize the loot of drug lord Papi Greco (an excellent Edward James Olmos). The script, written by Blake Masters and based on the BOOM! Studios graphic novels by Steven Grant, is complicated - perhaps unnecessarily so. If they could carry a laugh-filled action film without frequent helpings of violence and torture, why can't the men? ![]() What should have been an entertaining two hours with this charismatic pair becomes a somewhat exhausting affair that might more aptly be called "Boys and Their Toys."Īnd permit us here to express some nostalgia for a recent buddy-cop movie that also had chemistry between its stars: "The Heat," with Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock. By the end, it's impossible to count how many people have died it's much easier to count who's still alive.Īnd that's a shame, because ultimately the bang-bang in "2 Guns," directed by Baltasar Kormakur, becomes so tiresome that you forget what should be the main focus of the film: The appealing, easy chemistry between the leads. But one of the funniest things about it is that title.īullets fly every few seconds. There are plenty of jokes in "2 Guns," this summer's latest variation on the buddy-cop theme, starring the engaging duo of Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. There are enough guns in this movie to arm a small country. ![]()
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