MOVIE REVIEW - 2 Guns

Put Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg together in a summer action flick and you're bound to have a hit. And we do with 2 Guns.

Although the only reason this is a hit is the star power.  This is one of those funny, quirky action movies that looks like 25 other funny, quirky, action movies.   Lots of action, things blowing up and plots that all look the same.  Although, this does have a nice cast and that is the only separator...if there is one.

Meet Bobby (Washington).  He is a DEA agent who is deep undercover in Mexico trying to bring down a drug cartel and its kingpin Papi Greco (Edward James Olmos). He is working with Mike (Wahlberg) who is a Special Forces Navy man who is trying to secure millions of dollars for Navy intel, with drug money from Mexico to fight drugs.   Problem is, they don't know that about each other.  Bobby and Mike both think that the other is actual cartel employ. 

So they plan this huge bank robbery thinking they are stealing the cartels 4 million dollars.  Problem is, the bank has a cool 45 million in it, all belonging to the CIA!  And now the CIA wants its money back and so does the cartel, as the cartel is in bed with the CIA, and this is a slush fund.  Both agencies belonging to Bobby and Mike sell them out, and they are on their own for survival. Will they make it?  2 Guns.

As good as Washington and Wahlberg are and can be, I thought the real star of this movie was Bill Paxton who plays this real interesting CIA agent, who is in charge of getting the money back.  I loved his performance, and the character they developed for him.  He is a great compliment to our main stars, and gives this additional star power.

Problem is, this movie is just so typical.  This is so unoriginal and such a formula that you have a hard time not losing interest.  You'll feel like you've seen this movie 10 times before, only this one has bigger stars.   I also felt that our stars simply mailed this one in.  This has all the trappings of let's get this over with.   I am not going to trash Washington or Wahlberg. The script is the script and there's not much that can be done with it that is positive. 

There are fun moments here and there, but there's way too much of nothing going on between these two outside of the action sequences.  Supporting cast good, effects marginal, and overall this is simply a C movie with A list stars.

2 Guns.  2 average.