2 Guns Movie Review, Trailer Stars Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg Sh... Movies for Grownups

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg Play Shoot-' Em-Up With ' 2 Guns'

Rating: R Running Time: 1 hour 49 minutes Stars: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Bill Paxton, Edward James Olmos Director: Baltasar Kormakur We won't take too much of your time here; 2 Guns is a slam-bang affair with snappy dialogue, terrific chemistry between its stars and some delightfully villainous turns by a couple of fine veteran screen actors. and play a pair of undercover cops assigned to bring down the same Mexican drug kingpin — only neither knows the other is a fed. Patti Perrit/Universal Pictures/Everett Collection Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg join forces in "2 Guns." That plot slowly unfolds over the first 30 minutes of the film; unfortunately, the movie's ads dispense with the surprise in 30 seconds. No matter; that leaves us plenty of opportunity to marvel at the easy charm of Washington and Wahlberg, whose likability and chemistry engender a sweet quality. Through the endless gunfights, twisting car crashes, fiery explosions and merciless beatings, these two guys never break a sweat (or a bone). AARP Members! The two are alternately pursuing and being pursued by the kingpin, played with grand bravura by the invaluable . Hot on their tail is a sleazy CIA operative, played by an almost unrecognizable .

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Tweet This! Follow Bill Newcott YouTube: See reviews and trailers at In this telling, the CIA is actually nothing more than an enormous partner of the Mexican drug cartel; the script doesn't even try to paint Paxton's character as rogue. The two cops draw the CIA's ire by robbing a bank that's full of cash the agency has been skimming from the drug trade. Seriously, when did the line "We're CIA" become movie shorthand for "We're Satan incarnate"? They could sure use an image consultant over in Langley. Director has come all the way from Iceland to make this desert shoot-'em-up, and he does a nice job filling the screen with dust and buzzing flies. But mostly he simply gets out of the way of Washington and Wahlberg, and lets them perform their special brand of movie star magic. is a writer, editor and movie critic for AARP Media.

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