Review of 2 Guns (2013) by Shpostal — 03 Aug 2013

In a summer of unusual blandness for major movie releases, one has to get their pleasure from whatever's available, and while "2 Guns" isn't exactly Oscar material, it's a good fun style shoot 'em up impossible odds story of a supposedly unlikely pair of undercover agents (Washington and Wahlberg as DEA and Naval Intelligence, specifically) who get abandoned and then, you guessed it, marked for death, in addition to a sadistic CIA man whose millions they just stole, played by Bill Paxton, who does a bit better than his usual wooden appearances, and a drug lord with a veritable army of goons also after the stars' asses. Yawn.

But wait a second. This movie for once is a borderline comedy and the banter is actually quite humorous at times, taking some of the edge of ridiculousness away. It's as though the movie writers are making a bit of fun at their own script. It's because of the sense of awareness you get that yes, the director is totally aware of the cliches, and deals with them a bit differently, because "2 Guns" is not a bad movie. Again, it's not exactly going to replace "The Godfather", but given the other movies out this summer, it's not a bad way to spend a little time.