Wednesday 3 December 2014

Horrible Bosses 2 Movie Review.




Genre: Comedy.
Director: Sean Anders.

Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, charlie Day, Kavin Spacey etc.

Synopsis: Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business. But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor's adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company.
Review: I think the better suited name for the movie would have been Moron Bosses than Horrible Bosses 2. Movie does not have any more horrible bosses to deal with but this time the trio have themselves turn into their own bosses, trying to run a business they have no idea of and hiring staff based on looks than brains. And they are really moron bosses because they can manage to put the jobs of their own employees in danger.

The movie is quite hilarious but that is only because it runs on the age old cheap formula of comedy 'dirtier the jokes more the laughter.' The script lacks in many ways. The story itself is quite lame and predictable. I think the only reason the movie is made because the first one was a hit. So it was decided to create the second part. 

The first part dealt with something that audience could relate to. We know horrible bosses do exist in huge quantity. But Horrible Bosses 2 is just an average story where Nick, Kurt and Dale have turned into even bigger morons. Which is an unnecessary choice of lowering down the characters to get few more laughs. It seems losing the job in the first place did not do any good to their characters. 

Another painful aspect of the movie is Christopher Waltz role is hugely undermined as villain. I am not even sure why Waltz had agreed for this role. But whatever was given to him he did his part very well and still remains, as always, the charming villain of our time. Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston and Jammie Fox were also brilliant although they have very little to play. Chris Pine is average in his role.

Let not keep Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie day out of the line. Their characters were moron but they still played their roles very well. My rating is only to the acting in this movie. Besides that, I am not inclined to give any rating to the direction and the story. They could have done much better than this. Especially, after seeing what Sean Anders had done in We're The Millers I am sure he could have written a better story here. 

The chemistry between Jason and Jason and Charlie is kept intact from the first movie. That is a good part of the story. But jokes at some point become too gross. The subtleness of the previous movie is missing here except in few scenes. 

The movie can give you one and a half hour of laughter but that's where concept of comedy ends. So if you are in for it and do not mind lewd jokes please go ahead and watch the movie but don't expect a brilliant story like the previous one. It ain't there.

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