In 2012, Michael Lane wanted nothing more than to quit his “day” job as eye-candy entertainer Magic Mike and pursue his true passion: furniture design. Three years after Steven Soderbergh’s somber stripper drama, though, Mike returned with a lighter heart and somehow even shinier abs in this super-sized 2015 sequel. Here, Channing Tatum and his crew of hunks – Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash, Joe Manganiello, Adam Rodriguez, and Gabriel Iglesias – are on a road trip to a male-stripping convention to show they’ve still got the goods even after Matthew McConaughey’s Dallas ditched ’em for Macau. Along the way are new friends – a sonorous Donald Glover – and old flames – Jada Pinkett Smith in madam mode – but the real romance is the bond between these himbo-rific best friends supporting each other through thick, thin, and extra beefy. – James Scott
