When asked, I typically tell people that my favorite genre of movies is action, or action adventure. However, while I love fast intense action sequences and scenes filled with car chases and shootouts, I also dearly love to laugh. For this reason, perhaps I've been telling people the wrong thing all along, perhaps I should be telling them my favorite genre is action comedies. After all, they have a little bit of everything I love in a movie. This being the case, when I found out about the new film 2 Guns I couldn't wait to see it.
Add to this an intriguing plot and some great actors and it's no wonder that I went to the movie little more than a week after it came out. 2 Guns tells the story of Bobby (Denzel Washington), a DEA agent who is working undercover, and Stig (Mark Wahlberg), an undercover Navy Intelligence officer. The twist? Both think that the other is an honest to goodness criminal. From there on the story continues into a twisted mess of inter-agency miscommunication, botched crimes, and betrayal. It's a movie that is equally full of crazy action shots and a lot of laughs. This is largely due to the interaction between Bobby and Stig, two vastly different characters, personality wise, who play off each other fantastically.
The plot may get over the top convoluted at times, due to the large number of competing parties at play, but the character interaction makes up for it all and Washington and Wahlberg pull off some great performances. All said, its certainly a movie worth seeing, especially if you are in the mood for some good summer laughs and action.
-Lynx
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Broken City
At the beginning of the movie Broken City we meet Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg), a New York City police officer who is potentially facing charges of murder. Some believe he shot an armed suspect in self defense, others believe he intentionally gunned down the "known" criminal who got off on a technicality. However, when evidence, and a witness comes out that could prove Taggart's guilt, Mayor Hostetler (Russell Crowe) who considers Taggart a "hero" covers it up under the condition that Taggart retire from the force.
Fast forward seven years and Taggart seems to be doing well for himself. He is working as a private investigator and in a long term relationship with an aspiring actress. This being the case he is more than a little worried when the mayor calls and asks him to meet with him. When he gets to the mayor's office he finds out that the mayor is in need of his private investigative abilities. Though the mayor's request seems simple enough at first, Taggart quickly gets drawn into a dangerous political battle leading up to the next election. In the end he will have to decide which side he wants to be on and how much he is willing to give up in order to uncover the truth and bring the guilty to justice.
Broken City was a fairly decent action movie with a lot of good political intrigue and more plot than many other films of its genre. It keeps viewers on edge as they wonder what Taggart is going to do, and who is going to win in the end. There is certainly a battle of many wills going on throughout the movie, and it all comes down to how well the opponents can predict each others actions, who has the most to lose, and who is willing to give that all up to win.
I enjoyed this movie quite a bit and would say it is worth a watch. The acting is superb and the plot is both intriguing and suspenseful, as it should be. It certainly keeps the viewer curious as to how things are going to turn out in the end, the whole way through and makes one think about actions and their subsequent consequences.
-Lynx
Fast forward seven years and Taggart seems to be doing well for himself. He is working as a private investigator and in a long term relationship with an aspiring actress. This being the case he is more than a little worried when the mayor calls and asks him to meet with him. When he gets to the mayor's office he finds out that the mayor is in need of his private investigative abilities. Though the mayor's request seems simple enough at first, Taggart quickly gets drawn into a dangerous political battle leading up to the next election. In the end he will have to decide which side he wants to be on and how much he is willing to give up in order to uncover the truth and bring the guilty to justice.
Broken City was a fairly decent action movie with a lot of good political intrigue and more plot than many other films of its genre. It keeps viewers on edge as they wonder what Taggart is going to do, and who is going to win in the end. There is certainly a battle of many wills going on throughout the movie, and it all comes down to how well the opponents can predict each others actions, who has the most to lose, and who is willing to give that all up to win.
I enjoyed this movie quite a bit and would say it is worth a watch. The acting is superb and the plot is both intriguing and suspenseful, as it should be. It certainly keeps the viewer curious as to how things are going to turn out in the end, the whole way through and makes one think about actions and their subsequent consequences.
-Lynx
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