2 Guns Movie Review

2 Guns

                                           

2 Guns is an American comedy action thriller movie released in 2013. This movie is written by Blake Masters and directed by Baltasar Kormákur. It is based on a graphic novel series of the same name published by Boom! Studios. The major characters of the movie 2 Guns are played by Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Edward James Olmos, Bill Paxton, James Marsden, Robert John Burke and Greg Sproles.

The movie 2 Guns is about an undercover cop and an undercover Navy SEAL agent, who get betrayed by their own teammates after robbing a huge amount of money from a bank, which they believed, would help their own agencies. Soon they find their lives at risk for their acts.

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg in a scene of 2 Guns

Plot:      

At the beginning of 2 Guns, we see two men, Trench and Stigman, sets a diner on fire. Then we see, few weeks ago, both of them visits a Mexican drug lord named Papi Greco. Trench tries to get some cocaine from  Papi in exchange of some fake passports, but Papi keeps it due.

When they enter U.S.A. after that, they are questioned at the border by the police. Then it is revealed that Trench is an undercover cop. Later, with his girlfriend, he plans to rob $ 3M from a bank where Papi is depositing, to gain evidence for Papi’s work. They also plan to frame Stigman for the robbing.

At the same time, we learn that, Stigman is an undercover U.S. Navy SEAL agent. His boss also tells him to rob the same money and frame Trench for the robbing. They plan to use the money for their undercover operations.

So, not knowing each other’s true identity, Trench and Stigman robs the bank. But while they are robbing, they get amazed to find $ 43M, instead of $ 3M which was confirmed by their own teams. At the end of the heist, none of their teams comes to the scene as planned. They take all the money to somewhere where Stigman shoots and injures Trench and learns his identity as a cop.

Stigman brings the money to his boss and then his boss tries to kill him. Stigman learns that the money will be taken to a navy base and then he escapes. Then we see a CIA agent is torturing the bank manager to know about the stolen money.

Trench goes to Stigman’s apartment to investigate about him, where he comes in the contact of a navy SEAL assassination team sent by Stigman’s boss to kill Stigman. Trench escapes alive with the help of Stigman. He then goes to his boss’s house, where he finds his boss is killed by that CIA agent. That CIA agent then frames Trench for the robbing and the killing and tells him that he will clear Trench out of these if he returns the money.

Trench and Stigman teams up again. They kidnap Papi to learn about the money and take him to Trench’s girlfriend’s home. From Papi, they learn that the money they robber are the illegal money of CIA. Navy assassins attack there also and then Papi gets free. With the help of his men, Papi then brings Trench, his girlfriend and Stigman back to Mexico. On the next day, he gives Trench and Stigman 24 hours time to bring that money back , otherwise Trench’s girlfriend will die.

Trench and Stigman then plans to go to the navy base to bring the money and to inform the seniors about Stigman’s boss’s works. But can they do it? Do the seniors believe them? Can they save Trench’s girlfriend?  Lets watch the movie to know the answers.

My review about the movie 2 Guns:

First of all, I liked 2 Guns.

The plot of 2 Guns was enjoyable. Although the plot didn’t feel completely solid, and you may feel something missing in the plot, but still, you should enjoy it. Its true that the director could include some more interesting events in the plot to make it feel solid, but it seemed good nonetheless. The direction and the screenplay were also beautiful. They are good enough to keep you trilled, attached and entertained for the whole movie till the end.

The casting of 2 Guns seemed perfect and all the artists has played their parts very well. The characters of Danzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg were completely different but they mixed togather beautifully. You won’t be able to complain about any of the other characters too. The dialogues were hillarious and entertaining. The mixture of comedy and thrill has also played out nicely, like the Bad Boys movies.

The music and sound effects of 2 Guns also felt good. The lighting, camera works, costumes and the locations were good too. In the movie, you will see a limited use of special effects, but all of them will seem perfectly matched.

A nude scene and some killing scenes make 2 Guns not appropriate for children.

So, overall, 2 Guns seemed as a good movie. It had a little weak point at its plot, but perfection at every other thing has made it enjoyable. Hopefully, you will have a great time passes by watching 2 Guns. I’ll definitely recommend watching 2 Guns to all movie fans.

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