Movie Review: 2 Guns (Confirmed:Crap)
From the man that brought you Contraband!
There was a time in Hollywood when the name Denzel
Washington really meant something as the Academy Award winning actor put out
hit after through the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Versatile hits from Remember the Titans to Training
Day made Denzel not only one of the best, but also one of the most marketable actors
in the business. Recently, however, Washington
has had a run of flops (The Book of Eli to Safehouse), usually followed by a good film like Flight or Unstoppable in between, resulting in a
very uneven feeling for the Denzel brand.
As for Wahlberg, his career has been pretty steady about putting out films that
vary from crap to mediocrity, somehow making him one of the most overrated stars
in the business (*Do you know why people love Mark Walhberg? 3 words: The Big Hit- Editor*). Put the two together
and you get 2 Guns from director
Baltasar Kormakur, who directed Mark Wahlberg’s last debacle earlier this year:
Contraband. So did 2
Guns come out better? Find out after the break……
There is only one reason Denzel did this movie with Marky Mark.
I'll give you one hint: it's in the back of this truck.
Since it is really hard to call 2 Guns a coherent film, the answer would have to be no. Basically all 2 Guns amounts to is an ego contest between Denzel and Wahlberg for
a nearly unbearable 1 hour and 49 minute running time. I guess this was Baltasar’s way of trying to
hide the fact that this film literally does not have a plot. The film boasts a series of sub plots and
plot twists which are very ineffective due to the film's lack of a core
narrative. This leads to scenes like an
idiotic game of chicken between Wahlberg and Denzel in the middle of the film
for absolutely no reason other than the fact that someone somewhere thought it
would be a cool scene.
Gotta love the old "Where's my money trope?!"
As far as the performances in 2 Guns, Denzel and Wahlberg display some of their typical wit and
charm, or in Wahlberg’s case lack of, hoping audiences will eat it up and in
return ignore the missing presence of an actual story in the film. The results are Denzel’s continual tarnishing
of his once great brand and Wahlberg's choice to simply cash checks rather than
act. As for the supporting cast of 2 Guns, there really isn't much to see
aside from walking, talking action movie clichés.
Thanks to the film, I doubt many people will
be interested in checking out the 2 Guns graphic novel!
In the end you can’t really blame Denzel or Wahlberg
for doing a film like 2 Guns because
it's the type of film that audiences will pay to go see, and for that reason
studios will keep making. However, that
doesn’t make it wrong to want something more out of an action film than the
half-hearted graphic novel adaptation that 2
Guns is. It’s just sad to see a
talented actor such as Denzel Washington waste his time making films like this
when we know what the man is capable of. As for Wahlberg, at this point in his
career it seems these are the type of cash grab crap roles he was born to play!
Confirmed: Crap
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