Ride Along
Ride Along 2is an uninspired retread of its predecessor, but manages to reach the (low) bar set for this action/comedy franchise.
devolve on Along 2picks up with no - hokum Atlanta pig James Payton ( Ice Cube ) and his wise to - cracking " partner " Ben Barber ( Kevin Hart ) when they ’re on the verge of becoming brothers , with but a week or so unexpended until Ben gets married to James ' sister , Angela ( Tika Sumpter ) . When Ben bungle their late undercover surgery together , James is all too prepared to allow him behind and head down to Miami to enquire a drug band case that he ’s been working on , alone . James then realizes that this case is a chance for him to win over Ben once and for all that he ’s not cut out to be a detective , so he invites his " brother in law " along for the ride .
James and Ben are assisted in their investigating by Maya Cruz ( Olivia Munn ) - a Miami law officer whose no - nonsense position matches James - as well as A.J. ( Ken Jeong ) , a information processing system hacker with key information that James and Ben involve to crack then character open . However , when the duad learn that the powerful and respected Miami businessman Antonio Pope ( Benjamin Bratt ) is the orchestrator behind say drug ring , the " brothers in law " realize that getting back in time for the wedding is no longer the biggest problem on their home .
Ride Along 2 , likes its predecessor , is a chum action at law / clowning that centre around Ice Cube and Kevin Hart ’s character reference ; at the same time , the continuation devotees more screen metre to Hart and his brand of comic shenanigans than its predecessor did , similar toRide Along 1 and 2director Tim Story’sThink Like a Mansequel , Think Like a Man Toobefore it . The move is clear a reflection of Hart ’s increase in popularity over these past couple years ( and , in turn , his power to wield more creative influence over his star vehicles ) , but that ’s not to say that this is a bad storytelling move either - seeing as Hart ’s execution elan is not only theRide Alongfranchise ’s biggest selling point , but also its best component too .
grammatical case in head : theRide Along 2script byRide Alongco - writers Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi recycles a phone number of plot of ground beats and the basic fictional character arcs from its predecessor in a derivative fashion . At the same time , theRide Alongsequel embraces the " go bigger " approach by incorporating more characters ( portrayed by recognizable star topology ) into the mix , while upping the action ante with more car chases , foot - chases , and a flashier setting to boot . Most of the joke that get bedevil at the rampart this time are either highly reminiscent of gags and comedic scenarios featured in the firstRide Along , or they rely upon the same formula used to get laughs before . Nevertheless , Ride Along 2has the same overall proportion of hit to girl in the joke section as its predecessor , so it would be a stretchiness to refer to this celluloid as being an example of diminishing return in the laughs department .
From a directorial perspective , Story does an equal but otherwise unremarkable caper of shop the various drollery and/or activity scenario inRide Along 2 , as far as frame , photographic camera - body of work and sequence construction is concerned . With assistance from their theater director of photography Mitchell Amundsen ( Now You See Me ) , Story and his production squad foregather multiple sequences that blend sense of humor and thrills in a mostly uninventive manner - save for one exceptional car pursual - but a fair to middling manner too , while at the same fourth dimension riffing on the optic tropes of such popular activeness franchise asFast & Furious(most overtly near the start of the film).Ride Along 2is further served by its refreshing pace , which prevents the movie from ever lingering too long on any one action / comedy chronological succession … be it a succeeder or failure .
Ice Cube as James is understandably on sail control throughoutRide Along 2when it come to his execution - see as he ’s very much the straight - man in the moving-picture show ’s clowning distich and has little to do but escape from his head , glare at , and/or express his disapproval towards Hart and his various hijinks . Hart is thus tax with carrying the sequel on his back for the most part , which he does - making the most of the scripted comedy textile that he has to put to work with , while incorporating as much of his own style of humour and comedic sensibilities into the Ben character . Again , the downside of Hart get so much time in the limelight is that hisRide Alongcostars have even less to do in the continuation - and in the case of returning cast penis like Tika Sumpter and Bruce McGill ( back as Angel and the stern Lt . Brooks , respectively ) , that isreallysaying something .
Olivia Munn ( The Newsroom ) , in many ways , winds up portion out straight - man duties with Cube polar Hart , though because Munn ’s part - a dude hard as nails Miami bull - is young to the franchise , her workplace here experience more energetic and freshman than Cube ’s by comparability . Ken Jeong ( Community ) as A.J. is yet another variant on the way-out and off - beat eccentric that Jeong plays in the majority of his photographic film and television show appearance , while Benjamin Bratt ( Law & Order ) slides comfortably into the character of the handsome , but scheme , two - dimensional central baddie inRide Along 2 . Finally , there are a fistful of special appearances over the course of this subsequence … though , by far the big ones have already been spoiled by theRide Along 2trailers .
Ride Along 2is an uninspired recap of its predecessor , but pull off to reach the ( humiliated ) bar set for this action / funniness dealership . There ’s always the hope with these activity / comedy sequel that they will not only meliorate on their predecessors , but also put a creative young tailspin on the franchise ’s central premise too … but that does n’t happen here , sorry to say . In the goal , those who delight the firstRide Alongfor what it was will get additional fuel consumption rate out of the sequel ; everyone else need not even apply .
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Ride Along 2is now playing in U.S. theaters . It is 102 hour long and is Rated PG-13 for sequence of force , sexual capacity , language and some drug textile .
Ride Along 2 continues the adventures of James Payton and Ben Barber , brother in laws that do n’t always see heart to optic . This time , Ben travel to Miami with James to stop a drug dealer from smuggle drugs into Atlanta . The sequel was again directed by Tim Story , with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart reprising their roles .
Kevin Hart, Ken Jeong, and Ice Cube in Ride Along 2
Ride Along 2 continues the adventures of James Payton and Ben Barber, brother in laws that don’t always see eye to eye. This time, Ben travels to Miami with James to stop a drug dealer from smuggling drugs into Atlanta. The sequel was again directed by Tim Story, with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart reprising their roles.
