Action-Comedy Directed by the Inconsistent Joel Schumacher.
Chris Rock is so Over-the-Top Annoying and He Pushes the "Comedy" so Much that the "Action" is Left Gasping for Oxygen.
Try as He Does to be the Center of this Popular Genre,
Schumacher Let's Him Run Amok with Over-Emphasis, Fourth-Wall-Breaking, and Decibel Defying Obnoxiousness.
It Turns-Out that the Action Parts are the Best Parts and Rock Becomes the Annoyance that just about Ruins the Whole Stew.
The Scene where He and Anthony Hopkins in a Car being Chased by the Baddies is so Loud, Irritating, and Unfunny that it is a Metaphor for the Movie and Stops the Show in its Tracks.
Hopkins Does Not Impress in the Least.
He is so Inert as to be Almost Invisible.
He Seems to Know that Rock is in Motor-Mouth Mode and Catching Up to Him to Balance Things is an Impossibility.
So He Lays Back and Watches as Chris Rock Embarrasses Himself, and seems almost Like an Actor, Given His Big Break has Stage-Fright.
In Later Years the Comedian has Settled Down and is more Confident.
But Looking Back at this Miss-Step Performance must seem Apparent that He Needed some Guidance.
If You are a Big Fan of Action-Comedy it's...
Worth a Watch
But Be Prepared for One of the Most Over-Done Displays by an Actor in a Major Motion Picture.
Chris Rock is so Over-the-Top Annoying and He Pushes the "Comedy" so Much that the "Action" is Left Gasping for Oxygen.
Try as He Does to be the Center of this Popular Genre,
Schumacher Let's Him Run Amok with Over-Emphasis, Fourth-Wall-Breaking, and Decibel Defying Obnoxiousness.
It Turns-Out that the Action Parts are the Best Parts and Rock Becomes the Annoyance that just about Ruins the Whole Stew.
The Scene where He and Anthony Hopkins in a Car being Chased by the Baddies is so Loud, Irritating, and Unfunny that it is a Metaphor for the Movie and Stops the Show in its Tracks.
Hopkins Does Not Impress in the Least.
He is so Inert as to be Almost Invisible.
He Seems to Know that Rock is in Motor-Mouth Mode and Catching Up to Him to Balance Things is an Impossibility.
So He Lays Back and Watches as Chris Rock Embarrasses Himself, and seems almost Like an Actor, Given His Big Break has Stage-Fright.
In Later Years the Comedian has Settled Down and is more Confident.
But Looking Back at this Miss-Step Performance must seem Apparent that He Needed some Guidance.
If You are a Big Fan of Action-Comedy it's...
Worth a Watch
But Be Prepared for One of the Most Over-Done Displays by an Actor in a Major Motion Picture.