My wife and I saw the first one, "Magic Mike", 2 or 3 years ago and pretty much enjoyed it. The story in that one is decent and as a red-blooded female she enjoyed seeing the guys partially dressed.
So, when this follow-up came available on DVD from our local library we snagged it and settled in to view it on a Saturday night.
Perhaps the best clue is that my wife dozed off several times during the almost 2 hours. It has a simple story line, Magic Mike is now running his own business in the Tampa, Florida area and when his girlfriend spurns him he decides to join the old gang of male strippers for one last fling. They travel to an all-female convention in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (All the movie was actually filmed in the Savannah, Ga area.) There they perform and the stage performances include lewd simulated sex with ladies taken from the audience.
Channing Tatum is the star as "Magic" Mike, a natural role for him as he worked as a male stripper in his younger days after college but before he hit it big. He is fine in this but overall the road trip to the convention, with a couple of side trips and an accident, is not particularly interesting or entertaining. The writers seem to think that all the characters using F-this and F-that constantly makes for a clever script. But it doesn't.
Overall a big disappointment, it has a rather low IMDb rating that to me is even too high. One of the poorer movies I have seem in a good while.
So, when this follow-up came available on DVD from our local library we snagged it and settled in to view it on a Saturday night.
Perhaps the best clue is that my wife dozed off several times during the almost 2 hours. It has a simple story line, Magic Mike is now running his own business in the Tampa, Florida area and when his girlfriend spurns him he decides to join the old gang of male strippers for one last fling. They travel to an all-female convention in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (All the movie was actually filmed in the Savannah, Ga area.) There they perform and the stage performances include lewd simulated sex with ladies taken from the audience.
Channing Tatum is the star as "Magic" Mike, a natural role for him as he worked as a male stripper in his younger days after college but before he hit it big. He is fine in this but overall the road trip to the convention, with a couple of side trips and an accident, is not particularly interesting or entertaining. The writers seem to think that all the characters using F-this and F-that constantly makes for a clever script. But it doesn't.
Overall a big disappointment, it has a rather low IMDb rating that to me is even too high. One of the poorer movies I have seem in a good while.