This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Well, I guess you could consider this to be a buddy cop movie, but also one of those movies where the main characters are crooks – sort of. Well, at first you think they are, namely because they are sitting in a diner talking about robbing a bank that happens to be across the road, and also making a comment that one should never rob a bank that happens to be across the road from a really good donut shop (so they proceed to blow the donut shop up). Well, it quickly becomes apparent that these two guys aren't actually crooks, but rather one of them happens to be a DEA agent and the other happens to be Naval Intelligence, it is just that neither know who the other actually is. As for the bank – well, it happens to be the safe deposit for a drug dealer.Actually, this happens to be one of those films where not everything is actually as it seems. As I mentioned the two main characters at first appear to be crooks, but then turn out to actually be the good guys, though one sort of wanders whether there is any such thing as a good guy or a bad guy in a world that is becoming ever more grey. As for the money, well, I really don't want to give too much away because as I indicated, not everything is as it seems, though you do sort of wonder whether it is actually feasible for a member of naval intelligence and a DEA agent to actually rob a bank. Then again, one also wonders whether it is actually right for the intelligence services to extort criminal organisations out of money so as not to bust them.This was a rather fun film, though also pretty gritty as well, and in a way it seems to be the direction a lot of films have been heading for the last twenty-five years. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, other than Islamic terrorists (which I have to admit are pretty boring when it comes down to it), there hasn't been a decent external bad guy to constantly throw our heroes at, so all of the sudden the government, or even rogue elements within the government, suddenly become the baddies. A part of me was thinking that maybe this had something to do with Hollywood's left leaning elements – because Hollywood, which happens to be a union town, has always seem to drift to the left, at least socially (how many unmarried couples are there in Hollywood movies that have waited til they got married to have sex?). However, the idea of the government being the bad guy is a very libertarian concept.Another thing that seems to jump out of this film is how our heroes have turned out to be loners of late – in a sense the guys that they thought they could rely upon are no longer reliable. In one sense we have their allies getting shot, or otherwise they simply are betrayed and left hung out to dry. However I guess the admiral was partially right when he pointed out that naval officers do not rob banks, and if they are ordered to do so by a superior officer then they probably should start questioning the integrity of that officer. In the end there is following orders, and there is following orders, and as the Nazi's found out, there actually is no defense when it comes to following orders.So, in the end, I didn't mind this film at all. It is fun, and if you like those gritty cops dramas where there are a multitude of twists and turns, then you would probably enjoy this one. While I wouldn't go as far as calling it a 'hidden gem', it is fun and worth wasting a couple of hours to watch.

This film tells the story of two criminals who are informed that the bank holds $3 million in the safe. They successfully rob the bank, only to find way more money than they expected.They soon find themselves being chased after by multiple criminals and agencies. They have to entangle themselves from the elaborate setup they get themselves into."2 Guns" is a rare occasion where action and comedy both work well. The tone of the film is light hearted, but never becomes silly or outrageous. Good jokes come in form of witty lines by the main characters. There is a lot of action to provide adrenaline rush, making it a proper action film. The story twists and turns, and is simply full of pleasant surprises. I enjoyed watching it.

This was exactly how I thought it might be, an old-school, double trouble, hard hitting, guns blazing, action comedy :) Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg actually works out quite well together, better then I had expected, their different styles goes together in each their own crazy character way and that is just fun to watch.This was a fast moving and entertaining film in many ways, some might find it quick and dirty or even too much and superficial, but I liked it, just watch it with the promise of lots of action, big mouthing and guns blazing then you will not be disappointed that is for sure.I don't know what else to say, then watch it, be happy and enjoy, it is what comedy action should be.

"Make it rain." If you are in the mood for a minor diversion, then "2 Guns" should fit the bill. Denzel is a DEA agent, Walhberg working Navy intelligence, Paula Patton and Robert John Burke DEA colleagues of Denzel, Edward James Olmos as Mexican drug-lord, James Marsden as a corrupt Navy officer, and Bill Paxton as crooked CIA agent. The cast is certainly stacked with talent, including Fred Ward, even, as a Navy Admiral who looks the other way even though Marsden is admittedly involved in corruption and Wahlberg was in the right by bringing the news to him. The plot has the MacGuffen of 42 Million…money of the CIA that was thought to be Olmos'. So the money is stolen from a bank by Wahlberg and Denzel but they are stunned to learn that this is not just drug cartel green. Everyone desires the money, of course, and by film's end there are a lot of people dead because of their avarice. This is a film where no one can be trusted due to the cash, but ultimately we at least have the two heroes to root due to their integrity and courage as the violence presents itself time and again in their direction. Washington is the intense part of the duo, cerebral and wise, while Wahlberg is the wise-cracking soldier with a marksman shot that doesn't miss. Patton is the wild card as her loyalties soon come into question while Marsden is that clean-cut scumbag with the wickedness that shows up despite the Navy bravado. Paxton is quite homicidal here as the CIA agent with the look of a creep duststop sheriff, who uses Russian roulette as an interrogation technique. Olmos is the sleazy drug-lord in the fancy white digs who has accumulated a robust bull ranch and marginal relationship with the US government regarding money laundering and exchange from different areas. This film has lots of guns firing ammunition, the usual speeding chases and vehicular destruction, and fun banter back and forth between the charismatic leads seeming to be having a good time. Patton is an absolute fox, Olmos is the recipient and deliverer of a beatdown by and to the leads, Marsden unveils the devil behind the handsome exterior, Paxton steals scenes as this mustachioed, silver-buckled, Cheshire-cat-grinning hunter of money that belongs to his government, and Ward's cameo tells you all you need to know about certain amoral authority figures with little regard for the truth when it comes to the proper image of the Navy (or any military/government institution). Wahlberg's all tongue-in-cheek, bubble-gum chewing, and matching barbs with Washington who has now developed the effortless ease that films like "2 Guns" benefit from thanks to his immense star power. All that money going up in a cloud of exploding Impala is a hoot as the bullets fly.