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<\/a>Ride Along 2<\/em><\/strong> is no better or worse than the original. You\u2019ve pretty much got the same type of jokes and the performances from its core cast isn\u2019t anything special, though presumably they at least had a good time while filming. The action is rather ho-hum and although I don\u2019t mind Kevin Hart, even he seemed to be going through the motions.<\/p>\n

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Ride Along 2<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Action, Comedy, Crime
\nUniversal Studios | PG13 \u2013 102 min. \u2013 $34.98 | April 26, 2016<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 04\/19\/2016 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman
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<\/u>MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Tim Story
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Greg Coolidge (characters), Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Ken Jeong, Benjamin Bratt, Olivia Munn, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/u>DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Gag Reel
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French (DTS 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>41.2 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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And the long line of needless sequels continues. Ride Along 2<\/em><\/strong> is a extension of the adventures centered on Detective James Payton (ICE CUBE) and Probationary Officer Ben Barber (KEVIN HART) who are still on one another\u2019s nerves despite Ben is now engaged to James\u2019s sister, Angela (TIKA SUMPTER), who are to be wed in a week\u2019s time.<\/p>\n

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A case James is working on leads him to a hacker in Miami. A.J. (KEN JEONG) once worked for all around criminal extraordinaire Antonio Pope (BENJAMIN BRATT) but is not being hunted for stealing money from him. Meanwhile, James needs A.J. to unlock a key piece of evidence. Against all reason, and no doubt because the screenplay says so, he reluctantly brings Ben along and as one would guess, hijinks are afoot.<\/p>\n

Like the Fast and the Furious<\/em> franchise, or any other buddy-cop movies, one doesn\u2019t expect an elaborate plot and for the original Ride Along<\/em>, it made for a perfectly acceptable time-waster courtesy of the tried and true oil and water formula with the two main characters. But like Hollywood tends to do, if a movie finds any success (the first movie did nab $154 million worldwide), a sequel was quickly made and the result… well, more of the same. I was actually surprised to find I gave both of these films the same rating (2.25\/5).<\/p>\n

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As with the first, Ride Along 2<\/em><\/strong> manages to stay out of the Turkey zone thanks to Ice Cube and Kevin Hart though this go around its clear they seemed to be going through the motions and don\u2019t bring anything new to the table, though there were a couple scenes that gave me a chuckle, the rest? Not so much. On the plus side, Olivia Munn makes her debut as a potential love interest for Mr. Cube\u2019s all-too-serious character and I suppose the action sequences weren\u2019t terribly choreographed and filmed. Oh, and Tyrese does show up for about 5-minutes reminding you you\u2019d much rather be watching one of the Fast <\/em>movies over this.<\/p>\n

Along with Cube and Hart, not to mention Tika Sumpter and Bruce McGill, the latter making more of a cameo appearance, Tim Story returns to the director\u2019s chair proving I think to be the next McG or Brett Ratner, someone that\u2019s not going to give you a great action movie but more serviceable and will please general audiences.<\/p>\n

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Returning to the director\u2019s chair is Tim Story and its fairly standard fare for the guy. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s a lousy filmmaker but, as with the Fantastic Four<\/em> films, doesn\u2019t really bring anything new to the table. He can point and shoot, make action scenes watchable enough and doesn\u2019t get a whole lot from his cast, not that the material is special anyway.<\/p>\n

In the end, Ride Along 2<\/em><\/strong> is the type of sequel that will be forgotten soon after the credits begin. The cast at least make it tolerable but no amount of talent can overcome script issues and unremarkable action sequences that one has seen in numerous movies that have come before, namely any number of the terrible direct-to-video flicks.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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This release comes with a title-embossed slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is the DVD Copy<\/u><\/strong> and redemption code for the Digital HD<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Deleted Scenes (8:40; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Here we get six scenes that failed to make the cut and presumably it\u2019s due to pacing issues; none of these were particularly interesting, funny or added to the plot.<\/p>\n

Ride Along<\/u><\/em><\/strong> With Us (1:48; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is a promotional video with Hart and Cube in character advertising to join the Atlanta Police Department.<\/p>\n

Gag Reel (3:47; HD)<\/u><\/strong> filled with the usual line flubs and on-set fun.<\/p>\n

Behind the Scenes of Ride Along With Us (1:24; HD)<\/u><\/strong> are outtakes from the \u201cRide Along With Us\u201d video.<\/p>\n

The Ride Along<\/em> Roundtable (15:52; HD)<\/u><\/strong> has actors Ice Cube and Kevin Hart along with Producer Will Packer and Director Tim Story sitting around discussing the sequel.<\/p>\n

The Ride<\/em> Diaries (20:28; HD)<\/u><\/strong> are a collection of short featurettes focusing on various scenes from the film. These were, from what I can tell, originally released online as a promotional tool.<\/p>\n

Kevin & Cube: Brothers-in-Law (6:52; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 This focuses on the relationship between the pair and coming together for the sequel.<\/p>\n

The New Recruits (6:21; HD)<\/u><\/strong> breaks down the new characters introduced.<\/p>\n

Inside Black Hammer Vision (3:24; HD)<\/u><\/strong> shows how the car chase sequence was filmed, in particular Hart\u2019s Barber drive and utilizing his GTA skills.<\/p>\n

Ride Along<\/u><\/em><\/strong> with Kevin Hart (5:26; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is the day in the life (like) featurette of Hart during filming.<\/p>\n

Cori\u2019s Wedding Commercial (1:36; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is merely a mock ad for one of the film\u2019s more useless characters.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Director Tim Story sits down for a basic but still informative track recounting the filming, brining Ice Cube and Kevin Hart back together and other general tid-bits. He probably could\u2019ve used someone in the room just to keep things a bit livelier.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Universal Studios speeds Ride Along 2<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray presented in its original 2.40 widescreen aspect ratio and given a solid 1080p high-definition transfer (MPEG-4 AVC codec). It\u2019s easy enough, given the bulk of the movie takes place in Miami, the bright, neon colors look brilliant in HD and detail is rather sharp and crisp throughout.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The movie comes with a robust DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which especially comes to life with the few action-centric scenes while all others, basically chatter and joke-making, provides clean dialogue levels. Everything else is pretty standard like the music yet still it\u2019s a nice lossless track that may not be overly impressive, nor reference quality, is more than adequate for the movie this is…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Overall, Ride Along 2<\/em><\/strong> is no better or worse than the original. You\u2019ve pretty much got the same type of jokes and the performances from its core cast isn\u2019t anything special, though presumably they at least had a good time while filming. The action is rather ho-hum and although I don\u2019t mind Kevin Hart, even he seemed to be going through the motions. All in all, this is a film that, like the first, will be instantly forgotten. The Blu-ray release has great video and audio transfers and some so-so bonus material.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
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