Film review: Magic Mike XXL - male strippers stage a fun romp

What do you get when you stick five appealing male dancers on a bus and have them drive across the country for one last hurrah?

Magic Mike XXL picks up three years after the first film and sees stripper Mike Lane (Channing Tatum) hanging up his thong to devote himself to a life of custom furniture building and a happy relationship.

But things didn't go as planned. So when he hears that his former co-strippers are headed to Myrtle Beach for a male stripper expo, Lane decides to join the old gang, again played by Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez, Kevin Nash and Joe Manganiello.

Channing Tatum on the world of male stripping

Along the way, they pick up a couple of newcomers to the troupe, an emcee of sorts in Jada Pinkett Smith, and, of course, a girlfriend or two.