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2 Guns
Spy vs. spy
n During his three decades in Hollywood, Denzel Washington
has played many memorable characters, from a
boxer imprisoned for murder (The Hurricane) to Malcolm
X to, most recently, a superstar pilot with a drinking
problem (Flight). But Washington’s most famous role to
date is that of a crooked LAPD cop in Training Day, for
which he won an Academy Award. The actor picks up
a badge again in 2 Guns, this time as DEA agent Bobby
Trench, whose assignment is to infiltrate the mob. Trench
is particularly wary of his partner of the past year, Marcus
Stigman (Mark Wahlberg), unaware that Stigman is an
undercover Naval Intelligence officer. When they bumble
a law-enforcement mission, they not only are disowned by
their agencies but also become targets of the mob. Trench
and Stigman go on the lam, clueless that the other is also
a lawman. (Let’s hope Hollywood soon reinterprets this
premise as a comedy.) Directed by Contraband helmer
Baltasar Kormákur and adapted from a graphic novel of
the same name, 2 Guns might not inspire a great deal of
trust in governmental competence, but audiences will
believe in the star power of Washington and Wahlberg.
DISTRIBUTOR Universal CAST Mark Wahlberg, Denzel
Washington, James Marsden, Paula Patton, Bill
Paxton, Edward James Olmos DIRECTOR Baltasar
Kormákur SCREENWRITER Blake Masters PRODUC-
ERS Andrew Cosby, Randall Emmett, George Furla,
Norton Herrick, Marc Platt, Ross Richie GENRE Action/
Drama RATING TBD RUNNING TIME TBD RELEASE DATE
August 2
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