Funny that Ice Cube went from fucking the police twenty years ago to hardcore movies like, umm, Ride Along and now, Ride Along 2. Gotta keep those mansion mortgage payments up. Ice Cube and tiny man Kevin Hart return for this sequel. We assume it continues the Hollywood buddy dynamic. Two polar opposites playing off each other, cause friction along the way and gain understanding for each other and resolve their conflicts in the end.
This time, the duo moves from Atlanta to Miami. You knooow they wrote Miami in the script to get some sun and beach time. Hollywood Reporter has the plot details:
Ben (Kevin Hart) and Angela (Tika Sumpter) are getting married, but before they do James (Ice Cube) and Ben have an assignment that takes them to Miami. The duo has two days to gather as much intel on drug supplier Antonio Pope (Benjamin Bratt) as possible.
Ken Jeong and Olivia Munn pop up also, throwing in some jokes here and there. The first Ride Along made $153 million off a $25 million budget, so yeah, now you have Ride Along 2.
The movie comes out January 15, 2016 and goes up against Michael Bay’s 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi and Chloe Moretz’s The 5th Wave. Dang, this one’s hard to call. Gonna slot Ride Along 2 as the 2nd biggest box office behind Michael Bay. Chloe Moretz, teen movie though. That could be #2. Anyone wanna bet?