Review of Magic Mike XXL (2015) by 3Ebfan511 — 17 Mar 2016

Disappointing - even for someone who really liked the first one. This one was not directed by Soderbergh but by his assistant director, and the even bigger problem was just the lack of story or writing.

There was no cohesive story in this film, there was very little stuff going on between the characters...one of the thinnest plots of a studio film I have ever seen. Large chunks of the film was just male strip tease dance numbers that had nothing to do with the plot and was just an excuse I guess to get people who like that kindof eye candy more of it.

As a straight guy, none of that did anything for me and while it was limited in the first film to only letting us see what they were doing, whereas most of the focus was on the story of the two guys.

..this film was like the opposite..an excuse to show a bunch of male stripping with the story secondary. Its a bad sign when I Get so bored I have to self-edit the film by fast forwarding but thats what I had to do for multiple dance scenes towards the end as it served no purpose beyond maybe a sexual thing, such as a straight guy watching porn.

With that said, if you liked the first film, or really like male stripping, you may like it, as there were a few funny moments and some of the dances were new and interesting, but it was not a great movie overall.