Magic Mike's Last Dance

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  The final dance has arrived!!! Can Magic mike bring the sexy back? It's been eight years since XXL, so let's find out.

 Mike Lance (Channing Tatum), is broke following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke. Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite (Salma Hayek) who lures him with an offer he can't refuse.

 This is a very stylized movie in the way that it does its dancing. About halfway through the film there is a scene on a bus that looks fluid and beautiful. It reminded me of a "Step Up" movie. I think that it misses the grittiness that really should go along with stripping. All the way to the show he has at the theater, again feels like I am watching a Step-Up movie. This is no to say it doesn't look good. Director Steven Soderbergh is a master of the camera, and it shows.

 I think where it truly backslides is the story. Magic mike is down on his luck, lost his business during the pandemic. When max comes along and offers him a place to go, he just jumps, no questions asked. I do feel like there is a lot of leaps that the audience has to do on their own to complete the thought process the movie is trying to have. The whole backbone of the story is that Mike is trying to figure out what he wants in life. This stripper show in London is supposed to be the answer to everything. It just does not really say how or why. There is also a supposed to be a love story between Mike and Max (Salma Hayek), that I truthfully never felt like came across in the film. Seemed to be more of an admiration of helping him. I just never felt like there was an earned love. I questioned what made this show Mikes "last dance". He just gets to put on a big show in London? What makes that the last?

 This is a fun movie, but it just lacks in some spots.  It just seemed there was a lot of jumpimg one had to do logically.

GRADE:C+ 




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