>>69950694
Looks like quite the film

>>69950694
>you wanna see my dick?
Hyperkek

>>69950694
why?

>>69950961
You'll just have to watch it to find out ;^)

>>69950694
It was _okay_. By the time it ended I just shrugged. Same exact thing happened to me at the end of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

Oh well, it's not capeshit so that's something

>>69950961
It's entertaining. I have a full review if anyone wants to see.

>>69950694
Please go watch this movie in the theaters. I want more non serious dark comedies like this to be made but they wont if capeshit keeps getting spoonfed

>>69951136
does the review touch on how much of a fat sack of crap Russell Crowe looked? or the tacked on morality play thanks to the precocious daughter?

>>69951176
isn't he supposed to be a fat sack of crap

>>69951193
he was supposed to be like Vic Mackey. instead he just looked like shit.

>>69951176
Crowe and Gossling were already morally troubled with out the daughter having to do anything.

>>69951216
Crowe looked perfect for his character.

>>69951224
the daughter was a good actress, don't get me wrong, but every scene with her is basically her pissing and moaning about how horrible they both are. like, after the first couple times it starts to become stale, and then pinning the whole emotional climax of the movie on it was a mistake. unrelated, but the whole "porn stars uncovering a dark secret" plot was wafer-thin.

>>69951176
The only time the daughter was irritating was at the very end when she convinced Russell Crowe to not kill Jon Boy.. The entire rest of the movie she was fantastic.

>>69951308
They tried to make her eccentric and snarky, which is a severely insufferable combination. Pick one and go with it. She's clearly fed up with her dad's behavior throughout the movie, so why does she keep following him around all the time?

>>69951378
He was finally doing something other than pumping old people for money.

I liked it, but have no desire to see it again or the potential sequel that they set-up.

>>69951734
did 2 Guns get a sequel? nope. and neither will this mediocre thing.

also
>movie takes place in 1977
>play Kool & the Gang's "Get Down on It" prominently in one scene
>that song came out in 1981
How do you fuck up THAT badly?

>>69951734
oh come on, it is worth at least one rewatch when it hits tv. also top pick when on an airplane.

>>69951216
>implying Vic Mackey didn't look like shit

>>69951176
I'm a sucker for a good neo-noir. It's a fascinating genre that tends to be stylish as hell, and usually has good characters and a meandering, usually pointless plot. One of the most widely acclaimed films in the genre is Shane Black's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a mystery comedy about a criminal turned actor (Robert Downey Jr.) and a gay detective (Val Kilmer) solving a murder in Hollywood that snowballs into uncovering a massive conspiracy.

Black returns to a similar format here, with the criminal and detective roles being filled by no-nonsense bruiser Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) and alcoholic coward detective Holland March (Ryan Gosling). The time changes (this is set in 1977) but Black's signature snappy dialogue and the basic plot stays the same: The two are paired together in classic buddy-cop style to find a missing girl who's been involved in some shady stuff.

When the film goes for being a straight comedy, it works beautifully. Gosling and Crowe have some pretty great chemistry, and it's fun to see how they react to the convoluted situations they find themselves in. Props should also be given to Black's script, which moves along in unexpected ways that hold your attention. True to noir form, the mystery unravels through bits and pieces that don't quite come together until the end.

Unfortunately, this doesn't stay in comedy mode the entire time. The attempts to add some drama and pathos feel forced, and while they could be effective they're placed right in between some pretty fantastic comedic moments. As a result, the shifts in tone are jarring and unnecessary. The primary gripe here is Gosling's daughter in the movie, Holly (Anjourie Rice). Her snarky, wiseass attitude is horribly offset by this bizarre no-kill rule she has.

Despite the tonal inconsistency, the movie manages to tie together a winding plot and interesting characters together in a clever retro-styled mystery.

8/10, good time at the theater.

>>69952932
pretty much.

also if you are familiar with 70s detective movie/tv tropes and cliches. It is pretty nice seeing them used. Lots of people falling and getting hit by cars.

The hitman john boy was a wonderful bit of ham.