Ed Harris plays a reformed criminal in a blended family who is inconvenienced when his former wife, his son and his bride-to-be come to visit, who are being hunted down by two relentless hitmen that make their lives a living hell. As a dark comedic thriller, this movie is a bit of a mess in its feeble and meandering execution. I'm not sure how this even landed in theaters because it screams direct-to-streaming to me. Even the bumbling team of Bill Murray and Pete Davidson (never thought those two would be paired together) left me wanting more. And poor Jennifer Coolidge just seems like she's typecast at this point.
Also, not sure why they ripped off the theme to Howard Shore's After Hours.
2 guys named Roger out of 5
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Pete Davidson first materialized in my world, talking about his dad dying and the movie he was going to make about it. I was interested. Did that ever come out? I have no idea. What he did accomplish was bearing the weight of the crime of making me think that Jazz was returning to the Live-Action Transformers universe. Even still, he seemed chill enough, and I have never personally seen Mirage in any piece of TF media, so he was a blank canvas, to be claimed. Then, we got the "Inside me" joke... Whyyyyy?
I eventually learned that Rise of the Beasts was set in 1994, which makes the choice of hip-hop incomprehensible, when they could have just licensed the entirety of Dookie. And, August and Everything After. Naveed. Blue. The little brother could have been playing Final Fantasy VI, or watching PCU...
I don't hate many people in this world. In fact, I'm tolerant of most. But I can't stand Pete Davidson. He's a talentless hack and I'm not sure how he keeps getting work. There's no range to anything he does and it mostly seems like he plays himself in every role.
His first standup special (where he talks about his firefighter dad dying in 9/11) was probably the only decent thing he did and it led to 8 lifeless years on SNL and somehow a flourishing movie career where he plays the exact same character. He has yet to win me over in any role (Bodies Bodies Bodies was probably the closest thing since it pokes fun at his persona).
The movie he made about his life was called The King of Staten Island (2020), directed by Judd Apatow, where he basically plays a version of himself (surprise, surprise). I thought it was nothing special. Maybe 2 stars; I have no plans on revisiting it.
Oh jeez... I can't stand Apatow's crew. I abhor Seth Rogen and James Franco. I liked Spiderman 3, at the time. A LOT. Still down with Emo Peter, but I rewatched the first movie, last year... I nearly died of cringe during the hospital scene. Get out of there girl. Run away and never come back.
The Raimi Spider-Man flicks still hold up in my opinion. They're fun and feel like relics from a simpler, more "innocent" time. The newer Spider-Man flicks aren't so bad either, but they're a lot more complex and feel lost amiss the rest of the moving parts of the MCU. Spider-Maguire was a nice focused trilogy.
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