Kill the Boss 2 - DVD

Movie: After Nick (Jason Bateman), Dale (Charlie Day) and Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) finally manage to free themselves from their horrible bosses without ending up in jail themselves, it's clear to the three friends that they just want to be their own bosses from now on. The invention of a very special shower device should bring the desired success. With the rich Bert Hanson (Christoph Waltz) they have also quickly found an investor who allows them the necessary credit for the company foundation. With Hanson's big order in their pocket, nothing stands in the way of a rosy future. It's just too bad that the ice-cold Hanson has mercilessly ripped off the three somewhat naive buddies, and now they could lose everything they've painstakingly built up. But Nick, Dale and Kurt aren't going to admit defeat that easily. They plan to kidnap Rex (Chris Pine), Hanson's slick son, and extort the money from their new adversary to save their company. But unfortunately, the three have learned nothing from the mistakes of their last adventure, and soon enormous chaos surrounds them once again. Their days as their own bosses seem numbered - but then the story takes an unexpected turn...

Kill the Boss 2 hits exactly the same note as its predecessor. The humour is crude and at times very over the top. But even if here zoten are shot off every second and the level of the gags rarely exceeds the belt, the film benefits like the first part enormously from the noticeable playfulness of the actors. Especially Chris Pine (Star Trek) and Christoph Waltz are a lot of fun as the devious father-son team. The small guest appearance of Kevin Spacey is again great cinema and also Jennifer Aniston provides again as a sex-starved dentist with a very special passion for collecting for some very amusing moments. When renowned actors like Waltz or Spacey play such gleefully morally extremely depraved characters, it's just great fun even if you as a viewer are constantly swinging back and forth between hearty laughter and crude strangeness.

The comedy also benefits from the fact that the chemistry between the three main actors is very good. Although their characters are very different in themselves - or rather are jerks in very different ways - they play the comedic balls to each other perfectly, making for some really good gags. Some of this is lost in the German dub, though, as the script relies not only on slapstick but also on a lot of puns. But even in the slightly weaker dubbed version, the interplay between Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day works really well.

What also stands out quite positively is that this sequel is not a pure knock-off of the first part. Sure, basically the concept is only slightly varied. But there are enough innovations and also a nice twist towards the end, which makes Kill the Boss 2 pleasantly fresh and even a little bit surprising, despite a certain recognition value. The film won't win a prize for originality and ambition. For that, many gags are simply too infantile and the staging is not subtle enough on every level. But if you already liked the first part or if you generally like US comedies of the coarser kind, you'll have a lot of fun here. And for that there is in the end a clear: worth seeing!

Picture + Sound: The good coloring and decent overall sharpness consolation over the somewhat washed out contrasts in some moments. Overall, the very clean picture leaves an all-around positive impression. The same goes for the audio, which shows just how good the Dolby Digital 5.1 mix really is with decent dynamics in the more action-packed moments. But even in the many scenes where dialogue takes the lead, there's little to fault in the DVD's sound. Good!

Extras: While the Blu-ray has several featurettes and improvised moments to offer in addition to an extended version of the film, the DVD is limited to the theatrical version and the short documentary Lachen garantiert (approx. 17 min.), in which the participants talk about their comedic understanding and show how they used this during filming.

Conclusion: Kill the Boss 2 offers dramaturgically only a slight variation of the story of the first part and also the humor has not necessarily become more sophisticated. But the joy of the actors, some wonderfully wacky gags and a rather surprising twist ensure that the comedy is at least for fans of the predecessor absolutely worth seeing. The DVD presents the film in decent picture and sound quality, but the bonus material is rather meager compared to the Blu-ray. Nevertheless, there is also for the DVD a deserved: Recommendable!

An article by Frankfurt-Tipp