Magic Mike XXL

Magic Mike XXL

Rating 1 out of 10

Okay we know out of the gate when they did focus groups on this movie they didn't aim it toward 50 year old white guys.  I really wish I had listened.  I rented the first Magic Mike movie and found it to be all over the place.  Poorly shot and written by third graders.  Sad to say Magic Mike XXL is filmed just as poorly.  It looks like it was shot on my old betamax camcorder.  The third graders that wrote the first one were not available so they hired their younger brothers.  Even for this type of movie this is a waste of film stock.  I took my hot date to this movie and she was so bored and aggravated we left before it was over.  I'm sure we missed the big ending.  I'll have to live with that.

The plot, if you can call it that, goes like this.  Mike (Channing Tatum) has moved on from his exotic dancing and has a custom furniture business.  When the band of hunks roll into town on their way to a big male dancer extravaganza in Florida he decides to join in for one last ride.  They travel in a roach coach with plenty of unexplained stops along the way.  Kinda appropriate they ride in a roach coach as they take drugs and drink the whole way.

This is such a mess.  The dialog seems like it's made up on the spot with actors given a general idea what the plot is and told to improvise.  The dancing is pretty comical.

This was a total waste of money and time.  I was not entertained.