Review of 2 Guns (2013) by Kyle C — 24 Jul 2015

Five minutes into this movie I was questioning my decision to watch it. 30 minutes into this movie I pulled out my laptop and looked up the history of the Skilsaw (a story that was at least 10 times more interesting than this movie plot).

By the end of this movie I was praising myself for not being foolish enough to have paid to see it in the theater. Look, I get it. Even Oscar and Golden Globe winning actors and actresses need to take jobs that are less than perfect once in a while to "pay the bills".

I suppose after playing serious roles like "Malcolm X", "Training Day", and "Flight', one might feel the need to make a "fun" movie with little or no thought to characterization.

There really is nothing to see here that we haven't seen before; Denzel as a crooked cop (Training Day); Mark Wahlberg as a tough-yet-sensitive, smart-mouthed-yet-lovable character (every movie Mark Wahlberg has ever done), etc, etc.

If for some reason you get stuck watching this movie, or worse, decide to find out for yourself what the fuss is all about, make sure you have plenty of distractions to keep yourself occupied. You'll most likely find yourself bored with the story and characters fairly soon.

Godspeed.