Two Can Play That Game is a prime example of how to train your man. Yes, I said “train.” Lets face it, ALL men can use a little training. This movie not only presents a war of love, but also a war of the sexes. The storyline starts out about four women who are all in relationships, Karen, Diedre, Tracey and Shante. Three of the four have dead beat men, but Shante and Keith are the picture perfect couple. They are young, educated and sexy, with well paying careers. Shante’s girls look to her for advice about their worthless men until the tables turn, and Shante’s man is caught at the club with another girl. Of course, he had many excuses, but Ms. Shante didn’t want to hear it. At this point, let the games begin.The teams are set and ready for battle. Shante and her girls take on Keith and his best friend Tony. Tony is really the mastermind behind Keith. He gives Keith advice about his every move of retaliation. In a sense, Shante isn’t really fighting with Keith, she fighting Tony. Without Tony, Keith would have surrendered in the beginning. Shante soon introduces her 10 day plan to get her man back with a little training on the side. Her plan consists of many tricks; however, Keith threw in a few tricks of his own. The tables turn back and forth throughout the movie, but the biggest moment of battle was at a Miller party that they both showed up to. Keith showed up with Conny (the neighborhood hoochie), so Shante had to play her cards right to turn the tables back around. She managed to find a guy (Calvin) who met her standards and would make Keith jealous. She left the party with him and Keith became outraged as he threw threats all around. Keith threatened to sleep with Conney if she left with Calvin. Shante stood firm and made moves. The funny thing is that Shante expected Keith to be waiting on her when she got home that night, begging for her to take him back. Let’s get real. So, it’s safe to assume that the 10 day program didn’t work. I guess the ladies will have to find a different training mechanism because Shante’s didn’t work out so well.
Two Can Play That Game was absolutely HILARIOUS. Anthony Anderson was extremely funny and Morris Chestnut was OH SO SEXY!!! Monique and Alex Thomas definitely put there signatures on the film, as they were pure comedy. Shante’s 10 day plan was extremely over the top, but the movie is a must see.
Kenya McQueen (Sanaa Lathan) is a beautiful, successful African American senior manager at a prestigious accounting firm, who is on the verge of making partner. She has yet to find a long-term romantic partner and a fulfilling personal life, so her friends urge her let go of her dream of the “ideal black man” and try something new. They set her up on a blind date with a free-spirited architectural landscaper named Brian Kelly (Simon Baker), and she agrees to go out with him only to cut their date short when she learns upon meeting him that he is white. The two eventually meet again at a party and Kenya hires Brian to landscape her back yard. They begin to hit it off over time, but Kenya’s fears about whether her friends and family will accept their romantic relationship threaten to ruin everything. Ultimately Kenya has to make a decision for herself and follow her heart wherever it may lead her.