Horrible Bosses 2 is the 2014 follow-up to the original 2011 movie, Horrible Bosses. It brings back Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudekis, Jennifer Aniston, and Jamie Foxx from the first movie, as well as Kevin Spacey in an extended cameo. The main additions to the cast are Christoph Waltz and Chris Pine. The supporting cast includes recognizable names such as Jonathan Banks and Keegan-Michael Key. This movie follows the continuing adventures of Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis), and Dale (Charlie Day), who have invented something called the "shower buddy" and get ripped off by Christoph Waltz's character Bert Hanson, who steals their idea and leaves them in financial ruin. So, they decide the best course of action is to kidnap Bert's son Rex (played by Chris Pine) and demand a $500,000 ransom. Of course, the plan goes sideways, and mild hilarity ensues.
The Blu-Ray set is a two-disc set. The Blu-Ray disc includes both versions of the film: the theatrical version and an extended version that adds about 10 minutes to the movie. The extended version does not change anything; it just has a few more jokes in it. The DVD just has the theatrical version of the movie. Both discs include the bonus features. Those include a few making-of and in-character featurettes, one-liners that were cut from the movie, and some fake shower buddy promotional material. Nothing that I would say was great bonus material, but it is there for people who like watching it.
Overall, the movie is okay but not as good as the original movie, which was a mild hit in large part because of the cult following that Arrested Development had achieved by that time. Jason Bateman was as popular as he had ever been, and it was one of the first roles in which Jennifer Aniston really embraced doing raunchy comedy. The premise of this movie is just as dumb as the original movie's premise was, and some of the jokes, while good, were recycled. Aniston was pretty funny as the sex-addicted dentist who wanted to jump Charlie Day constantly, and she goes all in being raunchy and shedding the "good girl" image she had after Friends ended, and Jamie Foxx was again hilarious as MF Jones, who is continually telling the group how stupid their plans are. Really, of the new cast members, Chris Pine was given the most material to work with and seemed to have fun with the role. In an ironic twist, Kevin Spacey did have a cameo appearance as his character from the first movie, which is in jail, which may be a life-imitates-art situation at some point. While the movie did have a lot of very good actors, including Breaking Bad's Jonathan Banks, it was just not executed as well as it could have been. It is pretty much a tongue-in-cheek dumb comedy. If you do not expect it to be more than that, it is enjoyable. If you are expecting comedy gold, you will be sorely disappointed.
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