2 Guns
Stars: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton
The B-word (as in blockbuster) is being tossed about already for the Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg-led 2 Guns, and it’s not hard to figure out why. Two extremely appealing male leads. Check. Explosions. Check. Car chases. More explosions. Check, check. Hand-to-hand combat. Check. Bobby Trench (Washington) is a DEA agent, while Marcus Stigman (Wahlberg) is a naval intelligence officer. Both are trying to get the goods on a powerful drug cartel but neither is aware that the other is an agent.
The film was originally supposed to team Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, which no doubt would have made it more of a comedy than an action film. But Washington and Wahlberg have great on-screen chemistry, so the comedic thread that runs through the film is not lost and they are much more believable in the action sequences than the former pairing would have been. –p.d. lee
