Horrible Bosses 2
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
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- Cast:
- Jason Bateman , Jason Sudeikis , Charlie Day , Jennifer Aniston , Kevin Spacey , Jamie Foxx , Chris Pine
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I love this movie so much
Just perfect...
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Simply awful. After a 34 painful minutes both my wife and I looked at each other and agreed that enough was enough. For us, Charlie Day's prepubescent squawking was the movie buster. No man, even with a beard should sound like that-ever.I'm sure there is an audience for this type of film and it appears to have made a lot of money, but each set piece was far worse than the last. The three original Three Stooges would have been cringing at this pile of poo. Even the American Pie series came across as positively 'Shakesperean'.It would be better all round if these actors went their separate ways and considered it best 'a place not to re-visit ever again'. I sincerely hope the makers do not think of making another sequel or even worse still...........a prequel.
Okay, I understand that people love sequels and it's usually a guaranteed win at the box office, but did we really need another Horrible Bosses movie? In this unnecessary sequel, the boys have gone into business for themselves, and in common fashion have signed away their invention to an investor for a fraction of what it's worth. Realizing they've been taken, they plan on kidnapping the billionaires son and the ridiculousness begins again. The old bosses and old accomplishes join new face for another adventure that's even more absurd than the first one was. I watched this film because I love Jason Sudeikis, he is one of my favorite comedic actors, however Charlie Day is not. I really don't know how anyone can stand watching It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, with this little guy running around, with his high pitched rabbit voice, always excited like he just did an eight ball before every single scene he shoots. It's honestly one of the most annoying things I can think of. This film was kind of lame and leaned toward the stupid side to begin with, but when you add this little squirrel on crack to the mix, it really becomes nearly unwatchable. The bottom line, sequels make money. Some people want to learn the fate of characters they've seen and gotten to know. Then there are people like me, who went to see the first one and even though they weren't crazy about it, figured I might as well go see the next one. I can only hope at this point they don't decide to make it into a trilogy.
I liked this movie way more than the first time. I actually enjoyed watching this, while the humour was of course sometimes a bit dumb, but like the first one, Horrible Bosses 2 is a dark comedy. When done well it can me hilarious, when done poorly it can be absolutely horrendous. With Horrible Bosses 2 they did an okay job. Sometimes the dark jokes go too far, but sometimes they are also just right.Still I got to laugh a lot, which is always a good thing when watching comedies. One thing that bothers me though is that the name is still Horrible Bosses while there really isn't a horrible boss here, not as clearly a in the first one at least. This is what can happen if you make a sequel when you didn't exactly plan it carefully. It has the title, and while Horrible Bosses 2 had a better plot, better twist, it's still carrying the name which is a bit ehh.
"Horrible Bosses 2" is chock-full of terrible ideas and progressively bad results. I mean this from a narrative standpoint. Getting revenge on your boss was a great hook for the first movie, but here, it's just one ill-advised move after another. It's amazing these guys don't end up dead and buried in the desert.What was off with this movie, as a sequel, is the chemistry between the three stars - which is really a lot of yammering over each other. The real magic here is in the supporting cast (Kevin Spacey, Chris Pine), particularly Jamie Foxx, who steals the movie in the dark of night. I don't think I've ever seen him fitting so well in a comedic role (in my defense, I've never seen "The Jamie Foxx Show"). But if you ask me, the lion's share of the humor comes directly from him.6/10