Say this for “Vacation Friends 2”: It isn’t a drastic drop-off from the original. That has less to do with it being a better-than-usual sequel than it does with the first film being just okay. Stil…
and Meredith Hagner’s free-spirited loose cannons. Opposites attract, and so the two couples naturally became besties over several drunken nights in the first film. Not everything that happens in Mexico stays in Mexico, however, and so here we are again in writer-directorThis time around, the quartet is on holiday in the Caribbean with a newborn named after Marcus in tow, as Ron and Kyla have become parents in the interim.
The best running gag continues to be Ron and Kyla — two wildcards who sow chaos everywhere they go, from garnishing margarita glasses with cocaine instead of salt to shooting empty beer bottles off each other’s heads — somehow charming every family member and business associate Marcus and Emily are afraid they’ll make a scene in front of. This time the joke is self-reflexive, with Ron acknowledging it early on: “Everybody likes me,” he says. “Every single person I’ve ever met.
The title of Best Wrestler-Turned-Actor arguably goes to Dave Bautista, as the musclebound thespian has shown increasingly moving range in everything from “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Blade Runner 2049” to “Glass Onion” and “Knock at the Cabin,” but Cena has proved a comedic force to be reckoned with in recent years. He’s like a jacked jester, never afraid to poke fun at himself if it means making everyone else laugh.
There’s one person Ron can’t seem to win over, however: Kyla’s ne’er-do-well father , recently released from San Quentin and unexpectedly at the same resort as our heroes. There’s other drama as well, like Emily secretly not wanting to have a baby as much as Marcus does, but all of it takes a backseat to the ever-ridiculous hijinks.
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