The 2nd (2020)

[Leisher]

Netflix

Here's the summary on Netflix:
A Secret Service agent is drawn into a terrorist plot when his son's classmate, the daughter of a Supreme Court Justice, is targeted for kidnapping.

Here's the summary on IMDB:
A Green Beret is late picking up his son at college. His son and a Supreme Court Justice's daughter are the last there. A gang of terrorists are there to abduct her and force her dad's hand on a Second Amendment vote.

Uh...somebody is a liar. (Hint: It's Netflix.)

A hilariously woke movie (more on that in a moment) whose antagonists are anti-2nd amendment who use guns, kidnapping, and violence to try and get guns banned.

Ryan Phillippe is the green beret. Casper Van Dien is the fake secret service agent. Two other faces you'll recognize are Richard Burgi and William Katt(!). Katt's role is a cameo, and apparently he traded the super suit for being a sleazy politician. You're old if you get that reference without googling.

The acting is horrendous. The effects worse. Their dedication to reality even worse still. I really cannot stress that last point enough. Holy fuck is this movie bullshit.

So how is it woke? The bad guys are crazy diverse. White, black, Asian, Muslim, men, and women are all there shooting the place up and fighting hand to hand.

The initial scene has the daughter fencing, and I thought, "Oh man, they're going to have her fencing later in the movie." Yep! One of the hired killers, a woman, takes the daughter to drown her in a river. Somehow fucking swords show up! So damn stupid.

There's an Oscar moment scene where Phillippe's son discusses how his mom died. Turns out some Iraqi was mad about stuff his dad did, as a green fucking beret, and tracked his home down in the U.S. and killed the mom. Because that always happens...

My absolute favorite scene, which happens just a few minutes into the film is a bunch of cop cars roll up to a security gate where the alarm just went off. Each car is clearly labeled "Police". All four guys that get out are wearing uniforms that say, "Security". Ha!

And yes, they even ended it by setting up a sequel when another ragtag motley crew made up of a diverse group of men show up to challenge Phillippe with his new wife as their captive.

This movie sucked. If there is a Mystery Science Theater type of show for action movies in the future, they'll definitely be screening this one.

Skip it unless you want some laughs. Seriously. If you want some good comedy while you're tying one on, this might be the perfect film. It's so terrible, it's unintentionally funny.