Review of Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) by Himynameisart — 07 Dec 2014

Horrible Bosses 2 was OK, nothing great and nothing terrible. Even though it has its flaws it's still funny and what make the movie work is the great chemistry the 3 leads have. Another thing I found great was that they didn't do the same thing all over again! (The Hangover 2) They actually went in a different direction with the plot.

The involvement of Chris Pine was great, he was definitely a stand out and I kind of feel like they dropped the ball at the end because I would have liked to see him become a 4th member to the crew! BUT they fell into cliched movie twists and ruined that great possibility.

Christoph Waltz honestly felt so wasted! His character could have been played by anyone else really. The return of the previous supporting characters worked, except for Kevin Spacey's who we'll talk about in a sec.

**** Jones was great! and he was more involved in the plot than the previous film which I enjoyed! Julia's character was back because of boners lol but seriously she was good! They made her character get involved with Jason Batemans which I don't even think they encountered in first! Anyways both were great, now to Spacey! His cameo was more of a just because "One liner jokes" kind of thing.

He added NOTHING to the film. I Mean I like Kevin and his character but it was pointless. Another thing that I didn't like was that they dumbed down the characters! Mostly Charlie Day's and Jason Sudeikis.

The purposely made them MORE STUPID! Because having stupid people makes for more funny situations, I just felt that it was a step back for the characters! Overall yes there's some laughs and the story was different.

It works, but the film could have been SO MUCH BETTER! I hope that the 3rd involves Kevin Spacey's character getting released from prison and trying to get revenge! idk but if they're planning on a 3rd just have a good PLOT! and don't make the characters even more stupid! I'm giving Horrible Bosses 2 a 7/10.