2 Guns is a 2013 American action comedy following two secret agents who have been working undercover as criminals but they became unfortunate upon their encounter a Mexican drug lord.
That a movie this fleet and lean succumbs to action-blockbuster bloat in the home stretch is both disappointing and predictable, although the director deserves credit for keeping the climactic shootouts slick and spatially coherent.
By the climax, in which the duo literally shoots their way through torrents of falling cash, we're left to wonder if the whole film was engineered for that moment.
If 'Lethal Weapon' and 'Midnight Run' were billiard balls, Kormákur's directing is the cue ball hitting those two and smacking '2 Guns' straight in the corner pocket. Classic.
Washington and Wahlberg have a good time robbing banks and blowing up buildings and barreling through military security checkpoints and double-crossing people and shooting each other because none of it really means anything.
