Horrible Bosses 2 [Includes Digital Copy]

Director: Sean Anders Sean Anders

Overview

Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day return for more employee revenge in this follow-up to the 2011 comedy. Sean Anders directs from a script by Anders and Jonn Morris. Having narrowly avoided prison following the antics of the previous film, Nick (Bateman), Kurt (Sudeikis), and Dale (Day) decide to go into business for themselves. When their breakthrough product, the Shower Buddy, catches the attention of a wealthy entrepreneur named Bert Hanson (Christoph Waltz) who offers to bankroll their initial production run, the eager inventors quickly move into manufacturing. Proudly filling Hanson's initial order before the deadline, they decide to surprise their key investor with the good news, only to get a nasty surprise: A shrewd businessman with a serious lack of ethics, Hanson announces that he is cancelling the deal. With no investors to keep the business afloat, the Shower Buddy factory will soon fall into foreclosure, allowing Hanson to scoop up the product at a fraction of the original cost, change the name, and reap the profits. Indignant, Nick, Kurt, and Dale hatch a plot to kidnap Bert's son Rex (Chris Pine) for a healthy ransom, paying a visit to criminal mastermind Dean Jones (Jamie Foxx) for a few pointers on the fine art of abduction. Needless to say, nothing goes quite as planned, and as the police launch an investigation into the elaborate crime, the hapless trio must once again race to stay one step ahead of the law. Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Spacey also star.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/24/2015
UPC:	0883929410705
Original Release:	2014
Rating:	R
Source:	New Line Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00
Sales rank:	43,436

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jason Bateman	Nick Hendricks
Jason Sudeikis	Kurt Buckman
Charlie Day	Dale Arbus
Jennifer Aniston	Dr. Julia Harris, D.D.S.
Chris Pine	Rex Hanson
Christoph Waltz	Bert Hanson
Kevin Spacey	Dave Harken
Jamie Foxx	Dean "MF" Jones
Jonathan Banks	Detective Hatcher
Lindsay Sloane	Stacy Arbus
Keegan-Michael Key	Good Morning LA Crew (Mike)
Kelly Stables	Good Morning LA Crew (Rachel)
Jerry Lambert	Good Morning LA Crew (Skip)
Sam Richardson	Good Morning LA Crew (Producer)
Brianne Howey	Candy
Lidia Porto	Lupe
J. Razor	Ray
Lennon Parham	Roz
Jill Basey	Older Receptionist
Alyssa Preston	Younger Receptionist
Jennifer Bock	Serena
Bruno Amato	Police Officer (Sex Addict)
Suzy Nakamura	Kim
Michelle L. Gardner	Realtor
Andy Buckley	Surveillance Audio Agent
James Michael Connor	Auctioneer
Rob Huebel	Pinkberry Executive
Allen Zwolle	Sex Addiction Group Member
Charles Iacuzzo	Sex Addiction Group Member
Brendan Hunt	Sex Addiction Group Member
Rebecca Field	Sex Addiction Group Member
Camilla Lim	Sex Addiction Group Member
Chase Kim	Officer
Robert T. Parker	Officer
Gregory Nicholas Vrotsos	Prison Guard
Korrina Rico	Raquel
Sabrina Sky	Tiffany
Keeley Hazell	Rex's Assistant
David Weiss	Prisoner
Raymond Ma	Asian Businessman
Ping Wu	Asia Businessman
Romina	Lobby Receptionist
Eric Kissack	Actor
Christopher Lennertz	Composer

Technical Credits

Sean Anders

John Morris

Jonathan Goldstein

Sean Anders	Director,Screenwriter
John Morris	Screenwriter,Producer,Executive Producer
Jay Stern	Producer
Brett Ratner	Producer
John Rickard	Producer,Executive Producer
Chris Bender	Producer
John Cheng	Executive Producer
Michael Disco	Executive Producer
Toby Emmerich	Executive Producer
Samuel J. Brown	Executive Producer
Diana Pokorny	Executive Producer
Steven Mnuchin	Executive Producer
Richard Brener	Executive Producer
Robert Presley	Camera Operator
Chris T.J. McGuire	Camera Operator
Jerry Jacobs	Camera Operator
Rachel Tenner	Casting
Paul Graff	Sound Mixer
Thomas Robinson Harper	Stunts
John Francis Daley	Producer
Jonathan Goldstein	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

In Horrible Bosses, we learned that failure to treat workers with dignity can yield dire repercussions, although the three bumbling half-wits who sought revenge on their appalling employers were unable to absorb that lesson. As a result, we now have Horrible Bosses 2, an energetic sequel that -- with the help of some fresh talent on both sides of the camera -- improves on its scattershot predecessor in all the right ways. Having narrowly avoided prison following the antics of the previous film, Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis), and Dale (Charlie Day) decide to go into business for themselves. When their breakthrough product, the Shower Buddy, catches the attention of a wealthy entrepreneur named Bert Hanson (Christoph Waltz) who offers to bankroll their initial production run, the eager inventors quickly move into manufacturing. Proudly filling Hanson's initial order before the deadline, they decide to surprise their key investor with the good news, only to get a nasty surprise: A shrewd businessman with a serious lack of ethics, Hanson announces that he is cancelling the deal. With no investors to keep the business afloat, the Shower Buddy factory will soon fall into foreclosure, allowing Hanson to scoop up the product at a fraction of the original cost, change the name, and reap the profits. Indignant, Nick, Kurt, and Dale hatch a plot to kidnap Bert's son Rex (Chris Pine) for a healthy ransom, paying a visit to criminal mastermind Dean Jones (Jamie Foxx) for a few pointers on the fine art of abduction. Needless to say, nothing goes quite as planned, and as the police launch an investigation into the elaborate crime, the hapless trio must once again race to stay one step ahead of the law. An outrageous revenge fantasy that relied heavily on the talents of its titular antagonists, Horrible Bosses felt like a slapstick reworking of Strangers on a Train. Consider it an origin story, because in Horrible Bosses 2, Nick, Kurt, and Dale emerge as a raunchy Larry, Moe, and Curly for the millennial set. New writers Sean Anders (who also directs) and John Morris (who collaborated on the screen story with Anders and original Horrible Bosses scribes Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley) deserve credit for instilling each member of the trio with his own distinctive brand of imbecility here, which ensures they complement each other with comic precision. In Bert Hanson, the writers create an ideal foil for their scheming trio, and much like the wealthy bluebloods who were always hiring the Three Stooges for odd jobs, Waltz plays the character with a contemptible air of smug superiority. Pine, likewise, scores big laughs in his role as Hanson's sharkish son Rex, who emerges as the psychotic wild card once the kidnapping goes awry. Also along for the ride are Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, and Foxx, the former returning for a brief yet welcome cameo role, while the latter two -- much to the benefit of this unlikely sequel -- take on more active roles that help kick the absurd plot into overdrive. Taking over for Seth Gordon, director/co-writer Anders instills Horrible Bosses 2 with some stylistic flourishes that give the film a more cinematic feel than its visually pedestrian predecessor, though they never feel overindulgent. An upbeat collection of contemporary pop hits keep the mood upbeat, and running gags involving code names, Dale's devotion as a family man, and Nick's infatuation with Aniston's oversexed dentist balance perfectly with the unapologetically juvenile proceedings to ensure steady employment for all involved.