Ride Along 2

"Since you've been here, I've had a nightclub shooting, 20 trespassing complaints and a car blew up."
"We didn't plant the car bomb."

"Yeah, but we did the other stuff, James."

Atlanta police detective James Payton (Cube) is trying to crack a drug ring.  He and his partner Mayfield (Tyrese Gibson) go undercover to find a drug dealer, Troy (Glen Powell).  Ben Barber (Hart) just finished his time at the police academy and is eager to get out into the field.  James allows him to sit in the van during the mission, but when things go sideways, Ben blows their cover.  Mayfield is shot and forced to take a leave of absence.  But James finds a clue about the supplier and wants to go to Florida to follow a lead.

Despite his wedding in a few days, Ben wants to go on the trip and prove his worth to James.  His fiance, Angela Payton (Sumpter), convinces James to take him along.  James intends to prove that Ben will never become a detective.  In Miami, they meet no-nonsense detective Maya Cruz (Munn) and her boss, Captain Hernandez (Carlos Gomez), and get their permission to find hacker A.J. (Jeong).  A.J. coded Troy's flashdrive.  A.J. is on the run from businessman Antonio Pope (Bratt) who rules the drug trade.  Can James and Ben stop Pope's operation in time for Ben and Angela's wedding?


Prior to the 2014 release of Ride Along, Universal ordered a sequel.  The sequel would reunite the main cast from the first film, along with director Tim Story, with a script by half of the original screenwriters (Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi).

The script has the same format as it's predecessor. Kevin Hart talks a mile a minute as Ben. And Ice Cube looks angry and shoots things as James. They still have good chemistry. Ken Jeong adds to the mayhem as A.J.

Tika Sumpter and Olivia Munn don't have much to do. They exist to wear tight clothes.  Benjamin Bratt is the mustache twirling villain, but doesn't add too much to the film.

It is a decent comedy, but basically a retread of the original (but not as good).

Ride Along 2 (2016) 101 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for sequences of violence, sexual content, language and some drug material
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Ice Cube as James Payton
Kevin Hart as Ben Barber
Tika Sumpter as Angela Payton
Benjamin Bratt as Antonio Pope
Olivia Munn as Maya Cruz
Ken Jeong as A.J.