This isn't how you do it

Rating: Null/10 (5 September 2016)

What I hoped to be an improvement over the first is a buddy trip without the fun or misadventures you'd expect. Adam, Brooke and Dallas are all gone by contrived or convenient circumstances since the actors refused another bomb shell. Once again the script felt lacking as the situation is more outrages then the first with all the strippers wanting one more show before they retire, Mike finding yet another love interest to woo, the dares the guys put each other through to prove they still have it in them to perform and having a rival from Mike's past never mentioned before.
Channing promised this time around they wouldn't skip around getting the guys in the buff but this time even jockstrap and cheek shots are missing leaving only shirtless "Strippers" boring and bland. Once you seen abs you've seen them all and gets old quickly.
The only nice thing I have to say is the dance routines and music were excellent. Yet the bad lighting made it hard to see in some shots almost rendering it a complete dud. Magic Mike wanted to go out with a big bang surpassing the original and yet it was a step down further in quality.
I don't know if it was my tastes or the bad directions these movies are taking, but they just don't work in my opinion. Stick to the jump street series Tatum.