This 2016 filmfollowsJamesas a schlubbywriterwhopens a bestsellingnovelaboutaninternationalassassin.
Unfortunately, hispublisherismarketingthebookasnonfiction, soeverybodythinksJamesis a real-lifeassassin.
As a result, he's kidnappedandtakentoVenezuela, wherehefindshimselfinthemiddleof a deadlygameinvolvingSouthAmericanrevolutionariesand a Russiangangster.
"I punchedyou. Youpunchlike a smallchild.
Ithurtyou. Ittickled."
Honestly, it's not a badpremise, buttheexecutioniscompletelylackluster.
The A.V. Clubdescribedthefilmas "a poorman's EdgarWrightmovie," whileRogerEbert.comnotedthatitkeepsusingthesamegagsoverandover.
"Neverbring a knifeAAAAAAAHHHHHH! Youbrought a knifeto a gunfight!"
AllNighter
The 2017 filmAllNighterfinds J.K. Simmonsplayinganultra-manlydadwhosedaughterhasdisappeared,
soheteamsupwithherex-boyfriend, a banjo-lovinghippieplayedbyEmileHirsch.
Astheylookforher, theyencounter a wholehostofbizarrecharacterswhileSimmonsteachesHirschhowtobe a real "man."
Asidefromitsveryspecificviewsonmanhood, criticsagreedthemoviesuffersfromsomeshoddydirectingand a weakscript.