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  • Bad Boys II (2003)
    Review preview for Bad Boys II

    The film never seems to want to end.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    Sequel to the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence action comedy about drugs and cops and explosions.
  • The Beach Bum (2019)
    Review preview for The Beach Bum

    Hollywood is full of tales of people like Moondog who discover the true meaning of life when they get sober. Korine isn't that naive.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A once successful poet aims to drift through the remainder of his life in a happy haze of drink and drugs.
  • Big Momma's House (1999)
    Review preview for Big Momma's House

    The story doesn't matter. You know it already.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    FBI agent does drag to protect a witness.
  • Blue Streak (1999)
    Review preview for Blue Streak

    Lawrence doesn't have the style of Will Smith or the manic range of Chris Tucker.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A safe-cracker returns to retrieve a diamond after a stretch in jail... only to discover the place he stashed it is now a cop HQ.
  • Life (1999)
    Review preview for Life

    Very few laughs.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Comic complications for cons who get life for a murder they didn't commit.
  • National Security (2003)
    Review preview for National Security

    The action is packed and the gags keep coming.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn are mismatched security guards on the trail of killers.
  • Open Season (2006)
    Review preview for Open Season

    The script lacks any kind of wit and the plot is so careful not to dilute the treacly sentiment that it's not exciting.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A tame animated bear is returned to the mountaintop in time for the hunting season, with a neurotic deer who wants to be his friend.
  • Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
    Review preview for Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

    Lawrence just stands there, showing about as much emotional range as a Cabbage Patch doll.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    Comedy about a talk show host and his glamorous new fiancee attending a family reunuion in America's Deep South.
  • What's The Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
    Review preview for What's The Worst That Could Happen?

    Run-of-the-mill means straight-to-video and that's what this should have been.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Martin Lawrence is a friendly crook and Danny DeVito is a crooked businessman.
  • Wild Hogs (2007)
    Review preview for Wild Hogs

    Wild Hogs reflects Hollywood's attitude towards entertainment, without understanding that star names and a sound-bit scenario requires writers who know about comedy to make the thing fly.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    A road trip for middle-aged, middle-class, middle-minded bikers.

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