The second is that after James says this line, he sports a big smile and others in the room laugh. Even though, deep down, James cares about Ben, he can still be cruel to Ben.
KEVIN HART LAUGH AT MY PAIN BEGGING MOVIE
(I’ve searched my local bookstore for the Ride Along movie novelizations or any books that take place before the events for the first film and had no luck.) When James loses a car to an explosion, his face winces in pain … that pain is now our pain.Īlso, in the first film, James says the line, “It was a good day.” This is noteworthy for two reasons: The first is that James uses this line after something terrible had happened to Ben. There could have been more before the events of the first Ride Along takes place. And that’s the only two exploding vehicles we know about. Now, wouldn’t you hide your emotions if you’ve lost two separate vehicles to explosions? I think so. See, I didn’t realize that this also happens in the first film. In the second movie, James’ car blows up. Of course! This all makes so much more sense now. A person who calls his penis “Black Hammer” is a person begging for respect - and, my God, James is the one person who won’t give that respect to Ben. Now, when I think about the relationship between Ben and James knowing this information, it changes everything. I honestly had no idea this was a reference to Ben’s penis and, now, this fills in so many narrative gaps I experienced during the sequel. I learned why Ben goes by the name Black Hammer. On Tuesday morning, I watched the first Ride Along looking for answers. What happened between these two men that brought their relationship to such strife? Mike Johns and myself had the excuse of adolescence, but why do James and Ben act like this? What makes them tick? Obviously, this all must be explained in the first installment of the Ride Along story. I was Ben Barber, frantically pleading my case, and James Payton is Mike Johns, the tough guy who cares just enough to deliver a catchphrase. I bring this up because any scene between James Payton and Ben Barber in Ride Along 2 reminds me of that one interaction with Mike Johns. I hope he went into psychology work and that his advice for everyone, no matter what the task, is simply, “fuck ‘em all, walk tall.” I have no idea what Mike Johns does today. Anyway, after about a 15-second pause, Mike Johns, with a stoic look on his face, looked me in the eyes and says, “fuck ‘em all, walk tall.” Then he walked off. I then proceeded to go on and on in an animated fashion about how hard things were and why this was obviously the worst thing that could happen to someone who was 15. I remember one night, after a tough loss (that’s a lie, we lost all the time and I got used to it) I broke down about a girl I liked and also an unrelated event about someone who was picking on me.
When I was in high school, I played on a summer baseball team with this guy named Mike Johns. I know it’s January and things are looking bleak, but there just has to be deeper meaning in Ride Along. But, maybe – just maybe – there’s deeper meaning in all of this. The sequel uses buddy cop tropes and the star power of its two leads to woo audiences. If you are already invested in the narrative of the Ride Along saga, you have probably already purchased your tickets for Ride Along 2. The first Ride Along (both movies are directed by Tim Story) was panned by critics, but made a whopping $150 million. And there I was, sitting there, watching these two men interact, and I had no idea why they feel this way about each other. Barber wants to become a police detective and doesn’t understand why he can’t extract Payton’s respect or love. Barber, for his part, is trying to impress Payton. Despite Payton’s gruff demeanor toward Barber while trying to solve a case about drug smugglers in Miami, or something, it’s obvious that Payton cares about Barber - Barber is marrying Payton’s sister, Angela (Tika Sumpter) - but he doesn’t respect, nor does he particularly like Barber. (I didn’t have to look up either of those character names, which frightens me a little bit.)īut there I sat as Ride Along 2 started, with it firmly established that Atlanta cop James Payton (Ice Cube) finds fellow Atlanta cop Ben Barber (Kevin Hart) kind of annoying.
I would suspect most adults could watch, say, The Whole Ten Yards and have a pretty strong idea of what’s going on between Jimmy the Tulip and Oz without having seen The Whole Nine Yards.
There are certain movies where this is deemed “Okay,” especially comedies. It is kind of preposterous that I would sit down to watch a sequel of a movie I had never seen. “Ha ha,” laughed no one, because what I had said wasn’t funny. I made the prerequisite jokes of possibly not being able to understand the nuances of Ride Along 2 because I had never seen Ride Along. On Monday night, I attended a press screening of Ride Along 2.
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