Review of Magic Mike XXL (2015) by Hotfromcauldron — 30 Jun 2015

A male perspective. Forty minutes into Magic Mike - I thought -Tatum should bend over and everyone involved in this film should kiss his butt for making it rain in their pockets with this terrible sequel. Tatum is having a mid-life crisis. He wants to recapture his youth. He can rest easy. We see he still has the moves.

In the last twenty bareable minutes of “so you think you can strip." But when the motion stops and they open their mouths - it’s unbearable. Especially the flirtatious banter between Tatum and Heard while he’s taking a piss. Rumor is the “actors” starved themselves - quite evident in their very thin performances of their even thinner characters. As for the women - they chew the scenery. Twitch is a nice addition - he’s a great dancer. But Michael Strahan - he’s not. ABC and Disney using sex to get ratings for “Live with” - times have changed. It will be hard to get it up a third time - may I suggest a silent movie with the guys using their g-strings as sling shots as naked and afraid they traverse the wild dunes of Fire Island - from Ocean Beach to the Pines- looking for Pettyfer and McConaughey.