A dumb turn your mind off kind of movie, but if you are in the right mind set it's fun.
This film has a unique premise, but other than that you know where it is going to go at all times. This is a story we have seen before quite often and will see again quite often (the logic of it all also doesn't often make sense). Despite this though I admit I had fun watching it. While not every joke is incredible, there are no jokes that are really bad either. On top of that some of the jokes are quite funny. Much of the humor comes from the interplay between our two main characters (Dave Bautista, Kumail Nanjiani). Luckily this is the movie's strongest point. While the tough guy and the wimpy but good hearted guy is a typical movie comedy pairing, I couldn't help but enjoy the way these two played off each other. The chemistry is darn near perfect, and the dialogue between them is often quite well written. I also love how both complement the other, with one's strength being the other's weakness. This makes them feel like a real team and a perfect match story-wise as well as comedy-wise. Also delightful and adding a lot to this movie is Vic's (Dave Bautista) daughter (Natalie Morales). She has good chemistry with both the two leads and provides the film's only real sense of heart (Stu's romantic life doesn't really achieve the heart that it is going for). The action is quite good (if at times needlessly bloody) and this part of the film certainly delivers some good-old fashioned excitement.
This is never going down as a great movie or a work of art, but for what it is, it provides 93 minutes of dumb escapist fun.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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