Our verdict on Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson's odd-couple caper.
, is a really bad movie. Not so bad it's good but just bad, with jokes that fall flat, a wildly implausible set-up and so little faith in its audience's – and characters' – intelligence it actually feels insulting.
The premise, a mistaken-identity comedy mixed with an action caper, could have worked, especially with these two actors, but a dumb script can't be elevated by Harrelson and Hart's odd-couple partnership. When Teddy Jackson a dim-witted entrepreneur with an inexplicably patient wife Lori , is mistaken for a grizzled hitman, he and said hitman known only as The Man from Toronto must work together to make it out alive. And, if they're lucky, a bit richer.
Except we all know that no one prints things out any more. He would have booked the cabin on his phone or computer, which we know he has because he films really cringe-worthy athletics videos for YouTube, so why wouldn't he just paste the address into his smartphone GPS? It is such an egregiously anachronistic set-up that it can't be ignored.
What should be a saving grace of the film is the action, and while it isn't necessarily the worst action choreography we've seen, there's nothing new or innovative to commend. It's more of the same and it's hard not to become weary of uninteresting gunfights in movies when there's so much more visually engaging action to be done.
There are some funny lines."I boiled a goddamn white woman because of you!" makes you chuckle, but the gag goes on for three more lines, effectively killing the one spot of humour in the scene. This need to beat every moment into a pulp makes
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