Made made me laugh. Maybe not quite as frequently or with as much profundity as it's older brother Swingers, but by the same token Made takes the best thing from Swingers - the chemistry between Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, and expands upon it. True, it wears thin on a few occasions, but by and large it is a worthy companion piece to Swingers - a film that launched alot of interesting careers. Not the least of which are our two hapless wannabe gangsters in Vaughn and Favreau.

Favreau wrote and directed this one and he managed to recruit a pretty impressive supporting cast including a hilarious Peter Falk, Famke Janssen, Sean (P.Diddy) Combs, Vincent Pastore and Sam Rockwell. The movie begins as we witness the mediocre boxing career that Vaughn is pursuing, as well as the doomed relationship between Favreau and Janssen. She's a bachelor party stripper with a 5 year old daughter and he is the paid chaperone who accompanies her to her gigs and doubles as a father figure for her somewhat neglected daughter.

The story begins in hilarious fashion as crime boss (Falk) decides to entrust a deal to Favreau and reluctantly agrees to let Vaughn accompany him on his trip. A run that takes them from L.A. to New York and gives Vaughn the perfect opportunity to show his dumb-guy who-thinks-he's-the-bomb comic chops. As always Favreau plays the up-tight let's-play-this-by-the-book influence, while Vaughn starts a comical freewheeling series of mistakes that endangers the two from the moment they arrive in the Big Apple.

Vaughn is at his insouciant best here, as is Favreau as his increasingly pissed off companion, and there are some great moments between Vaughn and Sam Rockwell who plays an extremely unhelpful bell-boy. P. Diddy proves that he has a penchant for acting in this role as the player they're supposed to do business with, as does Vincent Pastore as the prototypical gangster.

The two hapless would-be wise guys manage to escape from New York with their lives and the movie ends with a genuinely touching moment, but above all there are alot of laughs along the way. Made isn't a perfect film, but Favreau shows a definite knack for coaxing great performances from his cast and for fans of Swingers, it makes for a much better follow up than Doug Liman's Go.