2 Guns

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Hermione S Apr 10, 2019 Strengths: It almost doesn't matter what the story of this was, because people were going to watch it for two reasons. Denzel Washington (Robert Trench/Bobby Beans) and Mark Wahlberg (Michael Stigman). A good buddy cop film needs to have two talented leads with strong chemistry. That's exactly what this was. Wahlberg and Washington played well off each other, making the most of what the script gave them. I also liked Paula Patton (Deb Rees) in this. She's great alongside Washington and her character isn't just some love interest. She's fleshed out and flawed and her story finishes in a way that makes sense. The action scenes are solid and there's a fair of amount of comedy throughout. Not on the level of the Rush Hour series or buddy action films like that, but enough to keep you smiling. Weaknesses: The movie follows plenty of tropes we've come to expect from this genre. It doesn't really ever do anything that special or overly interesting to make it stand out. The plot can get a bit convoluted in the early stages. You're left wondering who is double crossing who and who to trust. Not in a good way, either. All these different entities are involved and you have to really suspend your belief to make it all work. There's also just not enough tension packed into this to make me truly care and I don't believe the director handled everything that well. Overall: A good action comedy featuring two charming leads with great chemistry. It just lacks tension and some of the laughs it needs to excel at either side of the genre. See more

Hermione P Mar 10, 2019 Great watch, lots of action some laughs and quality cast. Loved it.

Harry W Jan 17, 2019 Criminals Robert "Bobby" Beans (Denzel Washington) and Michael "Stig" Stigman (Mark Wahlberg) are questioned by the United States Border Patrol after a meeting with drug lord Manny "Papi" Greco (Edward James Olmos) in Mexico. Unknown to Stig, Bobby is an undercover DEA agent named Bobby Trench and reports to his superior, Jessup (Robert John Burke), that he failed to acquire cocaine from Papi that they could use as evidence to convict him. Against Jessup's orders, Bobby decides to remain undercover and assist Stig in robbing $3 million - stashed in the vault of the Tres Cruces bank - from Papi, so they can prosecute Papi for money laundering. Bobby has a rendezvous with fellow DEA agent and former lover, Deb Rees (Paula Patton), who is also seeing another man, while Stig, an undercover enlisted Intelligence Specialist with the Navy SEALs, meets with his commanding officer, LCDR Harold Quince (James Marsden), who instructs Stig to kill Bobby so the Navy can use the stolen money to fund unauthorized covert operations. During the heist, Bobby and Stig are surprised to find $43.125 million in the vault instead of the expected $3M. After the heist, Stig follows orders to betray Bobby and escape with the money, managing to pull his gun right as Bobby is about to pull his own. Unwilling to kill Bobby, Stig wounds Bobby in the shoulder, and then sees Bobby's DEA badge. Not sure what to think of Bobby, he leaves Bobby behind in the desert and leaves with the money. Stig meets with Quince, and after learning what happened, Quince attempts to have Stig killed. Stig escapes after learning the money will be transferred to a Navy base in Corpus Christi. Meanwhile, a man named Earl (Bill Paxton) aggressively interrogates the Tres Cruces bank manager about the stolen money and also questions the vet who treated Bobby's wounds as he tracks Bobby's movements. However, Bobby goes to Stig's apartment to find out where he took the money, only to have Stig contact him from a sniper's post across the street. A hit squad sent by Quince attacks the apartment but Bobby and Stig escape. Bobby visits Jessup to tell him what happened, but Earl and his men are there waiting for him. Earl kills Jessup, frames Bobby for the murder and lets him go, making a deal that if Bobby returns the $43 million he will be cleared. Bobby and Stig kidnap Papi and interrogate him in the garage at Deb's house. They find out Earl is a black ops operative to whom Papi reports, and that the money they stole was from payments to the CIA. The CIA has strong armed Papi, as well as other cartels, into paying a 10% cut in exchange for using CIA planes to help smuggle product across the Border. The garage is attacked by another hit squad, led by Quince. Bobby, Stig, and Deb escape, but so does Papi, who calls his crew. All three end up being captured by Papi, and taken to his farm in Mexico. After beating them and receiving a visit from Earl, Papi gives the pair 24 hours to steal the money from the Navy and return it to him, or Deb will die... Rotten Tomatoes consensus reads, "Formulaic and often jarringly violent, 2 Guns rests its old-school appeal on the interplay between its charismatic, well-matched stars." Ben Kenigsberg of The A.V. Club gave the film a C+ rating, describing it as "the no-frills action, half-pint Jim Thompson scenario, and buddy-cop wisecracks". Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film 2 out of 5 stars. R. Kurt Osenlund of Slant Magazine gave the film 2 out of 4 stars. "It's noticeably odd that 2 Guns has the desire to make offhanded socio-political statements, but not the will to take them anywhere truly provocative," he wrote. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone also gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, commenting that the film didn't make the extra effort. Lisa Kennedy of Denver Post gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, writing that "the biggest guns this action flick brandishes are stars Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg who have very different acting styles that work surprisingly well together". "2 Guns" is a truly standard comic like undercover/corruption/double-cross actioneer with nothing that really adds to the genre. The film is based on the ultra-violent comic-book miniseries by Steven Grant and directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Of course the pairing of Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg as Robert "Bobby" Beans and Michael "Stig" Stigman is supposedly adding a spark in the film and between the leads while the guns are blazing, but somehow the pairing feels like an odd nagging couple we have seen before and the sparks are not big enough to catch your attention. And I cannot get away from the super silly ending. Nah, this is nothing special. Trivia: The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2009 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year. See more

Draco R Nov 12, 2018 Buon film d'azione, senza infamia e senza lode. È il primo del regista Baltasar Kormákur e vede come protagonisti Denzel Washington e Mark Wahlberg, due attori che apprezzo tantissimo. Come altre pellicole, non c'è un granché da dire, girato bene, la storia è coinvolgente, le scene di azione sono buone e il cast è ottimo. Godibilissimo, mi è piaciuto. See more

Jul 22, 2018 An action movie that deals with 2 undercover guys unknowingly infiltrating the same underworld gang. Once they figure out they're both actually "on the right side of the law", they're confronted about the corrupt people they work for and end up messing everything up for everybody. Quite entertaining, adequate story with enough twists and turns and decent acting! See more

Theodore G Jun 10, 2018 Actors a good, kinda slow to play out though

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