2 Guns

DEA agent Bobby Trench has been working undercover for almost three years trying to nail a Mexican drug kingpin named Papi Greco. Time and time again it feels as if he gets close, but then Papi slips from his fingers once more. Trench's boss is getting a bit anxious to seal the deal, so he puts the pressure on Trench to work harder to bust Papi. Navy intelligence officer Marcus Stigman, on the other hand, is under pressure from his own superiors to pull off a heist of Papi's drug money, rumored to be around 3 million dollars. Neither of the two men are aware of their real motives - they each think the other is just a common criminal. What neither of them also realize is their superiors were lying about how much cash is in Papi's bank: there is really just over 43 million dollars. Trench and Stigman have to figure out the truth about why there's more money than expected while running from Papi's cartel and others who want them dead if they want to come out of the ordeal alive.

I went into 2 Guns thinking it was going to be a stereotypical R-rated action flick. What I didn't realize is it is actually an action COMEDY - and a hilarious one at that. I laughed even harder than I did watching The Heat. The camaraderie between Denzel Washington as Bobby Trench and Mark Wahlberg as Marcus Stigman was some of the best (and funniest) interaction I've seen in awhile. 2 Guns is one of the very few R-rated comedies that I feel like I can totally recommend without many reservations. The jokes do get a bit crude at times, but I still found it pretty hilarious. Wahlberg had some of the best lines throughout the film. The only thing I didn't like was the ending: it felt like it suffered from the same problems that RED 2 had, one of them being too many characters switching sides so much it was hard to keep track of who was good or bad. Despite that, 2 Guns still ended up being a great action comedy that I think most adults will enjoy (I don't recommend it for young kids as it is rated R, but for young adults 17+ I would recommend it).