With their tightly choreographed dance numbers, bonds of brotherhood, and chiseled stars, the Magic Mike movies are a rollicking celebration of the human body in motion, but how do they rank alongside one another? Beginning with Magic Mike in 2012, then with Magic Mike XXL in 2015, and concluding with Magic Mike's Last Dance in 2023, the story of Mike Lane is the semi-autobiographical account of Channing Tatum's stripper career in Tampa, Florida when he was 18. Tatum, who stars as "Magic Mike" himself, has famously used his own personal experiences as a struggling male stripper to inform the screenplays, endeavoring to capture the unique world of male stripping.
