Interesting analysis I haven't seen those flicks yet I'll have to check them out. Was Tatum a former stripper? I didn't even know that. It would explain how skilled he appeared to be nohomoYep. Tatum's really gone from being some guy I couldn't stand to an actor to watch out for. McConaughey runs away with the show obviously.
It's also interesting in that it seems like Soderbergh has come up with something of a trilogy in this, The Girlfriend Experience, and Haywire. I base that mostly on his using actors that are known for physicality. So he'll use a porn star, an MMA fighter, a former male stripper. The Girlfriend Experience and Magic Mike are both also about individuals adapting to economic pressure so again, there's thematic similarities there. I dunno. Besides all that it's just a really great movie. I remember one of the people I was watching it with being disappointed at the ending and I'm just thinking it's really the best way to end a movie like that.