Summary
Will Smith and his partner are back fighting crime and slapping men who make jokes about their wives.
Honestly this is Smith’s first major role post slap and I was wondering if they were going to address it, I thought he might defeat the villain by slapping him and then he looks into the camera and nods so that in that moment the audience and Smith are on the same page. No such luck I am afraid.
Personally maybe this is just me, but with everything we know about Smith’s personal life now I find it hard to take him seriously as an action star. I understand this is supposed to be comedy action but I just find it hard to see him in the same light post the smack and since all the stuff with his wife’s affair.
I feel like this film is in a weird sort of limbo as it acts very much like the last film, and is basically just more of the same, but at the same time it seems to know things are different than they were when the last one came out culturally in relation to Smith. I think that if you liked the last film you will like this.
In many senses this film doesn’t feel like it needs to exist it is more just there. The story is okay and it is interesting to consider them as fugitives rather than cops, but it all just feels very done before. Ultimately you know it will end with them defeating the bad guy and clearing themselves and as such there are no real stakes here.
Some of the jokes are funny and there is some fun to be had, but there are also some really unfunny ones and the film repeats these over and over.
Overall, fine nothing more nothing less. Wait till streaming.
2.5/5
Pros.
It is funny
It is watchable
It has some good moments
Cons.
Will Smith isn’t really an action star any more
It repeats unfunny jokes
It doesn’t need to exist
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