Review of Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) by Leon B — 03 Apr 2015

Review:

I honestly didn't find this movie that funny! The storyline was extremely far fetched and it got on my nerves when the 3 main characters kept on talking over each other. It starts of with Christoph Waltz funding the trios shower company, with the idea of taking over the franchise so they decide to kidnap his son to try and save there shower business. There silly plan ends up a right mess but the son decides to go ahead with the kidnapping so he can split the ransom money with them. What a awful concept! It's no way in the same league as the first movie and I personally found it more silly than funny. Some of the old characters, like Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Aniston are back and I personally found there scenes funnier than the overall movie. The chemistry was quite good between the actors and you can tell that they had fun making the movie but I didn't find the characters that interesting. There constant stupid lines and silly humour made the movie a bit annoying and I just wanted them to shut up after a while. Bateman seemed like the only one with any sense but he always ended up going along with Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis's ridiculous ideas. Personally, I didn't really enjoy the movie that much but it is harmless fun for people who can take there sense of humour. Disappointing!

Round-Up:

This is one of those cases were the sequel is no way as good as the original. The director tried to be clever by bringing back some of great characters from the first movie but they weren't in the movie that much. Chris Pine fitted in with the characters quite well and it was good to see Kevin Spacey again, but the core of the movie really needed a rewrite. I liked Jamie Foxx's character  and it was good to see him bring his own style of comedy to the movie but it's Jennifer Aniston who shocked me, once again. Some of her lines were really shocking but funny at the same time, and I personally think that she is one of the only reasons to watch the movie, in my opinion. It must have been hard to say her lines with a straight face! Anyway, I think that this movie made so much money at the box office because of the first movie but I doubt that people will be happy with this concept. They have obviously left it open for a 3rd movie in this franchise so I hope that they will take there time with creating something special with these crazy characters.

Budget: $42million.

Worldwide Gross: $107million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their comedies about the crazy trio kidnapping the funder of there shower business, son so they can save there company. 4/10.