Freelance 2 (2024): More Guns, More Chaos, Less Plan

“When the bullets fly and trust runs dry, Freelance 2 (2024) delivers the punchlines and the punches.” 

After the explosive mayhem of the first film, Freelance 2 (2024) returns with bigger action, sharper comedy, and a whole new international mess to clean up. Once again, retired special forces operative Mason Pettits (John Cena) finds himself in the last place he wants to be—dodging bullets, babysitting journalists, and questioning every decision that brought him back into the field.

Now working under the radar as a private security contractor, Mason is pulled into a new assignment: protecting a whistleblower journalist (played by Zoë Kravitz) who claims to have evidence of a secret weapons-for-hire program backed by rogue nations and private corporations. Their mission takes them to the heart of Eastern Europe, where shadow governments, corrupt generals, and freelance mercenaries blur every moral line.

As expected, nothing goes according to plan. Mason and his client are ambushed, double-crossed, and forced to team up with a former enemy (Idris Elba, joining the cast as a mysterious ex-operative with a grudge and a conscience). Together, they must survive car chases, jungle firefights, and one of the worst fake passports ever printed.

Director Pierre Morel (returning from the first film) amps up the intensity without losing the genre-blending humor that made Freelance stand out. Cena brings his signature mix of brute force and comic timing, while Zoë Kravitz adds sharp wit and emotional weight. The film plays like The Bourne Identity by way of The Other Guys—equal parts gunfire and punchlines.

Freelance 2 (2024) may not redefine the action genre, but it’s wildly entertaining, surprisingly heartfelt, and completely aware of its own chaos. In a world of shifting alliances and unpredictable enemies, sometimes the only plan is to make it up as you go.