Conceived as a loose riff on
star Channing Tatum's time as a
male stripper, it has a solid run as a cheerful smut delivery mechanism before hanging up its thong to become a rote «80s melodrama
about good kids corrupted by bad drugs.
One of the biggest complaints
about «Magic Mike» was that it was a lot more serious than people were expecting for a film
about male strippers, and producer /
star Channing Tatum addressed that issue with the promise that the upcoming sequel would be a much lighter affair.