Yet another Apple original film flop, where they throw tons of money to an all star cast into a movie that felt like it was written and directed by a fifth grade drama class. Think of Spy Kids, but the kids are adults, and the story is unwatchable and cringeworthy. I've seen better Lifetime murder-mystery TV movies with no name actors.
It took three writers to create a bunch of nonsense that's been done tons of times before, and all much better. It's frustratingly badly written - hollow, generic, lazy, and contrived. Even the attempts at humor will create more eye-rolls than laughs. I'm shocked how these normally-talented writers came up with such garbage. Even the cheesy dialogue started to become unbearable.
Evans and de Armas have zero chemistry throughout the entire film. It all felt fake and forced. I'm a fan of both actors, but de Armas was annoying in this mess. Everything from her demeanor, accent and acting was unconvincing. I'm sure most of the blame falls to bad cast directing. Even Adrien Brody as the villain was laughably unbelievable, and his French-ish accent was cringeworthy and fake. I'm not sure if his character was supposed to come across as funny, but it was all eye-rolls when you hear his dialogue.
To make matters worse, the ridiculously long 116 minutes - even with mostly decent pacing, was riddled with plot and technical issues, full of eye-candy filler with very little substance, and the little substance it did have, was all cliched and generic. It literally is unwatchable nonsense you'll struggle to sit through its entire runtime. Do yourself a favor, even if you're a fan of any of the A-list cast, ghost this boring action-comedy-romance-adventure film. It's a generous 4/10 from me, all for pity to the all star cast, and the decent production value - or tax write-off for Apple.
It took three writers to create a bunch of nonsense that's been done tons of times before, and all much better. It's frustratingly badly written - hollow, generic, lazy, and contrived. Even the attempts at humor will create more eye-rolls than laughs. I'm shocked how these normally-talented writers came up with such garbage. Even the cheesy dialogue started to become unbearable.
Evans and de Armas have zero chemistry throughout the entire film. It all felt fake and forced. I'm a fan of both actors, but de Armas was annoying in this mess. Everything from her demeanor, accent and acting was unconvincing. I'm sure most of the blame falls to bad cast directing. Even Adrien Brody as the villain was laughably unbelievable, and his French-ish accent was cringeworthy and fake. I'm not sure if his character was supposed to come across as funny, but it was all eye-rolls when you hear his dialogue.
To make matters worse, the ridiculously long 116 minutes - even with mostly decent pacing, was riddled with plot and technical issues, full of eye-candy filler with very little substance, and the little substance it did have, was all cliched and generic. It literally is unwatchable nonsense you'll struggle to sit through its entire runtime. Do yourself a favor, even if you're a fan of any of the A-list cast, ghost this boring action-comedy-romance-adventure film. It's a generous 4/10 from me, all for pity to the all star cast, and the decent production value - or tax write-off for Apple.