Jon Favreau's follow-up to Swingers is less hilarious, and more edgy, but it is still a very, very funny buddy movie. Vince Vaughan plays Favreau's childhood buddy, a frenetic, almost Rupert Pupkinesque accomplice, unnerving, entertaining, and perhaps chemically imbalanced. Favreau, a dopey boxer and bodyguard for his stripper girlfriend (he has a tendency to beat up the recipents of her lap dances) is assigned by LA mob boss Peter Falk for a drug buy in New York City. Favreau vouches for Vaughan and their travels become the movie. Puff Daddy even holds his own as a New York thug.
If you liked Swingers, you'll probably like this movie, but if you liked Swingers and King of Comedy, you almost assuredly will like it.
Grade: B.
