Ride Along 2

I have a problem. Just use Kevin Hart as a physical comedy prop that hoots and hollers, there is not a single person in the theater who cares about the story. We just want to watch Kevin Hart get hit by things and rag-doll into other things. I'm just shouting into the darkness after deciding to open my ~2016 Cinema Odyssey~ with a Hart on. I'm farting.

Hart is as annoying as Chris Tucker, and Ice Cube is just not my cup of bland ineptitude. These not very nice things being said, the film is almost passable.

Fuck Kevin Hart

Lazy, drawn out, watered down, predictable. I await the inevitable part three.

Similar in structure and tone to the first one Hart and Cube play off each other as nicely as they can. The jokes try and up the stakes a bit and seems like that hurt the film when it seems to be just cashing in on what worked well the first time. It's not a bad movie nor is it a great one. It passes the time. That's what it is good for.

A logical, and indeed predictable, continuation of the first film and as such the only other 'video-game infused buddy cop' film that I know of. Sure, the laughs are cheap and in some cases in poor taste, but the action comes fast and the gift for repartee of Ice Cube and Hart is enjoyable to watch. Neither Ken Jeong or Oliver Munn add much of value, in fact Jeong detracts from most scenes.

Technical: 19 Enjoyment: 8

Man, I must really like Hart because this isn't good. It's actually kind of offensive in some areas. However, there is enjoyment to be had. They're some decent jokes, and the plot is solid. Jeong and Munn also help a lot because otherwise I don't know if Cube and Hart could carry this again because the writing is pretty awful. Altogether, everything is functional. It's pretty generic and absurd, but the cast really does do a bit for me and it made or breaked this movie for me.

very funny

For the most part this isn't and better or worse than the first movie. The only reason this gets a lower rating is due to the totally stupid GTA car chase scene.

Ride Along 2 (2016) them having a ton of fun.... some of it contagious!

This movie does not have a great plot or script. However Ice Cube and Kevin Hart make a good odd couple of team and they have good chemistry with each other. There are a number of funny moments and some funny scenes. If you enjoyed the first film I would recommend this one.

Ride Along 2 is the lazy cash-grab sequel that everyone should have expected it to be. It's a lazy retread of many of the same plot points and jokes of the first film. Kevin Hart is loud and annoying, Ice Cube is grumpy, and it's supposed to be humorous. Both lead actors can be good, and can be funny, but they didn't gel together the first time, and here it's even worse. Both actors deserve better, and so do we. If you saw Ride Along, you've more or less already seen Ride Along 2.

I suppose some may love Ride Along 2. But for me, comedian Kevin Hart's crude and raunchy motormouth shtick is wearing thin. There's no moral here, no message, no real reason for this movie to exist other than to make Universal Pictures money and to try to coax the cheapest of laughs from its paying customers. (pluggedin.com)

Oh you so angry Ice

Ride Along 2: Wherein half the jokes lobbed at Hart by Ice Cube attempt to jab at the former's "feminine" qualities (thongs, fashion sense, etc.) as a sign of weakness and otherness. Yes, let's keep lauding ideals of toxic masculinity and limit the freedom of gender expression. This was literally the only thing I could pull out of this movie that wasn't regurgitated from a long list of previous buddy comedies. Pretty sad.

It should be fun to watch Kevin Hart and Ice Cube in a comedy. Sadly, it's a stretch to call Ride Along 2 "a comedy." It's simply a retread of the first Ride Along, a 2014 box-office hit, and proof positive that a bigger budget doesn't buy bigger laughs.

Better than the first one. Me thinks. Benjamin Bratt bonus, perhaps.

Part of my problem is that this focuses on DRAMATIC character development. In a weirdly half-assed kind of way. If the aim is to make these characters likable, relatable, or enjoyable... this is not the way to go about it. It's all meaningless and bland. Couple that with the generic plotline and the jokes that are mostly dependant on annoying personality traits, you've got a recipe for disaster. Is this a disaster? Not quite. Cube helps that a lot; he's hilarious. You can safely skip this one.

Ride Along 2 isn't terrible, it's just the same generic buddy-cop movie set in Miami. Among the good: Munn, Jeong and a homage to GTA. The awful: a CG alligator. It almost felt like this sequel attempted Zoolander levels of wackiness but chickened out...much to its loss...perhaps.