The latest in Smith and Martin Lawrence’s franchise confronts middle age—and shows its growing pains. Case in point: the tasteless nod to The Slap meant to rehab Smith’s image.
The Slap Heard ’Round the World
That’s less true of the aggro badass routine delivered by Smith, who appears to be straining very hard to project scary, blustery manliness. Nonetheless, his Mike is an adequate foil for Marcus, whose hyperactivity is all the more amusing in light of the character’s hunger for sugary sweets that everyone else demands he avoid.
With both this familial storyline and the participation of Mike and Marcus’ squadmates Dorn and Kelly ,terrain. Formally speaking, however, Adil and Bilall take most of their cues from Bay , indulging in a cornucopia of visual flourishes that include frantically spinning camerawork, drone cinematography, handheld POV shots, and incessant slow motion, all of it set to Latin hip-hop and drumming. In the end, the directors can’t wholly emulate their series’ godfather.
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