"2 Guns" is a great example of what's right and wrong with commercial studio moviemaking these days. It's smarter and more entertaining than your average $80-million schlocker. And it's got a cast of wily entertainers keeping us engaged, from sparring undercover agents Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg (the trailer gives that high-concept away) to villains Bill Paxton (as a corrupt CIA agent) and Edward James Olmos (as a Mexican drug lord). And the film's rising star director, Baltasar Kormakur ("The Deep"), is a member of a growing band of truly international filmmakers who make films at home as well as Hollywood. Wahlberg starred in "Contraband," Kormakur's remake of his own "Reykjavik-Rotterdam," and took a shine to the rugged Iceland actor-director. Wahlberg is also producing an HBO pilot with him, "The Missionary." Kormakur is a terrific shooter; he keeps you on-edge and off-kilter as he keeps moving; the movie is jarringly violent. So what's not to like? OK, this is better...
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