Ride Along 2 Review

Ride Along 2

Release Date: 18th February 2016 - Australia

Production Companies
Universal Pictures (presents)

Will Packer Productions

Cube Vision

Distribution
Universal Pictures Australia

Genre: Action/Comedy

Rating: M

Runtime: 102 minutes

Budget: $40,000,000

Box Office Gross: $124,608,438 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Ben Barber, a newly

qualified police officer,

accompanies James Payton

from Atlanta to Miami to

apprehend a wanted

criminal, shortly before 

Ben's wedding to James's

sister.

Cast
Ice Cube - James Payton
Kevin Hart - Ben Barber
Tika Sumpter - Angela Payton
Benjamin Bratt - Antonio Pope
Olivia Munn - Maya
Ken Jeong - A.J.

Bruce McGill - Lt. Brooks 

Michael Rose - The Hitter/Gates

Sherri Shepard - Cori
Arturo del Puerto - Alonso
Eric Goins - Assface 
Carlos Gomez - Captain Hernandez
Utkarsh Ambudkar - Amir
Glen Powell - Troy
Nadine Velazquez - Tasha
Bresha Webb - Shayla
Jessica Bialick - Bikini Salesgirl

Michelle Pieroway - Bikini Shop Costumer

Shelby Courtney - Bikini Shop

Costumer
James Martin Kelly - Port

Commissioner Griffin
Robert Pralgo - Port

Commissioner Nunez

Tyrese Gibson - Mayfield

Ricky Russert - Troy's #2

Christopher Johnson - Troy's #3

David J. Porras - Party Door Guard

Derek Carver - Party Security Guard

Shamea Morton - Party Waitress

Jay Amor - Little Havana Dad

Peter Parente - Little Havana

Man

Rey Hernandez - El Republico

Security

Isabella Fleetwood - Little Havana

Girl on Swing

Rachel Faulkner - Hostess

Liz Godwin - Club Girl 

Yolanda Adams - Preacher

Jennifer Badger - Latina Girl

Christina De Leon - Drunk Woman

Ana Ayora - Server

Ace Marrero - Doorman

Andrew Ortega - Child

Junes Zahdi - Dancer

Elizabeth Ramos - Dancer

Jeremy Wayne Carley - Guard

Freddie Poole - Guard

Josh Diogo - Guard

Donny Carrington - Guard

Jabari Simba - Guard

Henry Kingi - Driver

Crew
Director - Tim Story
Based on Characters - Greg Coolidge
Writers - Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi
Executive Producers - Scott Bernstein,

Ronald G. Muhammad, Nicolas Stern and

J.C. Spink
Producers - Matt Alvarez, Larry Brezner,

Ice Cube and William Packer

Casting Director - Felicia Fasano
Production Designer - Chris Cornwell

Art Director - Charlie Campbell

Set Decorator - Amy McGary

Costume Designer - Olivia Miles
Director of Photography - Mitchell Amundsen

Director of Photography: Second Unit - Paul Hughen

Camera Operator - Robert Presley 

First Assistant Director - Milos Milicevic
Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator - Jack Gill

Stunt Coordinators - Andy Gill
and Brian Machleit

Marine Coordinator - Daniel F. Malone 

Choreographer - Jamal Sims 

Helicopter Pilots - Paul Barth and David Paris 

Special Effects Coordinator - Brian Fletcher

Visual Effects Supervisors: Pixomondo - Bjorn Mayer

and Thilo Ewers 

Editor - Peter S. Elliott

Supervising Sound Editors - Kami Asgar

and Sean McCormack

Sound Designer - Benjamin L. Cook 

Production Sound Mixer - David Husby 

Supervising Re-Recording Mixers - David E. Fluhr

and Greg Orloff
Music - Christopher Lennertz

Review

I'm not necessarily new to the Ride Along movies, as these two are typical buddy cop films, which were more or less cut-and-pasted from other films in the subgenre, such as Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon, and the parody Hot Fuzz. I could have stopped watching once I noticed this, but I only remembered snippets from the original, and in the end, Ride Along 2 was a half-decent sequel. There was a lot of excitement in this sequel, but it relied too heavily on clichés typical of every buddy cop film. I would have chosen the Lethal Weapon series over the two Ride Along movies if I hadn't watched the latter.

Leading actor Kevin Hart excelled in a comedic relief/hero role. His humour carries most of the sequel, and he is in an odd pair with fellow performer Ice Cube. He upstages him just like he did with the previous instalment.

In closing, RIDE ALONG 2 is an above-average movie that would entertain anyone for an afternoon. Despite this, I hope the filmmakers don't make another sequel to Ride Along, as it would put down the already tired buddy-cop format.

Star rating: (6/10) Fair Movie

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