Ride Along 2

You chuckle, maybe laugh for a hot second. But you want more.

Ride Along 2 stretches the premise of the original paper-thin ... The unlikely glee of the original is thoroughly gone this time around.

What it does do - is allow you to park your brain in neutral for 100 minutes, laugh at some silly jokes... and then walk out of theatre and immediately forget it ever happened. And there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, it's kind of refreshing.

Not good, then, but not especially terrible and infinitely preferable to the excrescence of Hart's previous outing, Get Hard.

The film is likeable but nowhere near as sharp or as funny as you hope it is going to be.

You could make a better feature by repeatedly throwing a camera into a lake.

A simple movie that relies on the A.B.C.'s of buddy cop movies: A.) Action. B.) Broad comedy. C.) Cleavage.

It's simply a shame to see a talented guy like Kevin Hart saddled with material that doesn't begin to live up to his immense comic range.

A listless retread with a few new wrinkles.

Bland, lazy, and unable to elevate itself to the low standards of its predecessor, Ride Along 2 is a ride not work taking.