Part “The Usual Suspects” “Heat” and “Training Day” well…any
caper dirty cop movie, it’s actually nice to see Los Angeles be the city in
which people randomly kill other people.
But for the love of God, don’t look too deeply into this
movie or you’ll just hate it. I say give yourself the freedom to just watch something
that isn’t politically heavy handed about fish-fucking or sad sack townies nagging on a billboard.
This is about man against man. The “den” being a wolf den of
maniacs and monsters. The real problem is…I wanted a cop who was worse than the
criminals. Then it becomes some other kind of movie. In other words…it has no
idea what it is. BUT, that is the new template of a Gerard Butler flick. I
mean, did it matter how silly “Olympus Has Fallen” was? Nope. You had fun. Then
later, as you picked apart the logic, you told yourself it’s not worth watching
again. Though, you DID have fun the first time.
Also, the supporting cast are fun. They literally stop the
movie to show that 50 Cent’s home life is normal…normal-ish. He’s a family man.
And it awesome to see writer director Christian Gudegast rip off “Bad Boys II.”
Anyway, this is like watching too rams pummel each other for
a bit. The penis swinging contest isn’t actually the centerpiece of the movie.
It’s an afternoon slow day that you can enjoy something like this. In fact, get
really drunk and enjoy the movie. It’s really that type of flick.
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