Part of the beauty of the Magic Mike franchise—beyond the absurdly good-looking, ripped men grinding and dancing in a way that normal humans could never possibly do—is the malleability of the series to shift and change depending on the installment.
The initial installment, 2012’s Magic Mike, was almost like a counterpart to Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience, an occasionally serious look at the life of male strippers who utilize their erotic talents for economic gains.
With 2015’s Magic Mike Xxl, from director Gregory Jacobs, all deeper meaning was thrown to the wind to create an almost entirely plotless road trip movie scattered with some of the most deliciously fun dance sequences in movie history.
Who needs plot when you can have Joe Manganiello doing a full Backstreet Boys dance number in a convenience store?
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