Ryan Reynolds plays a Boston cop Nick and is murdered by his
partner Hayes (Kevin Bacon) over
some pieces of the gold, whereupon Nick is transported to a kind of purgatory
and paired with veteran Western sheriff Roy (Bridges). Sent back to Earth to
pursue some justice, they appear to each other, and most of the time to the
audience, as themselves, though there are momentary glimpses of how they look
to unsuspecting Earthlings: Nick is seen in the guise of “an old Chinese guy” (James Hong), while the goateed and
long-haired Roy has the stunning appearance of a blond bombshell (Marisa Miller).
Marisa Miller, that’s how I explain this movie. Probably because her image is still in my
head and that’s fine with me. I was very
excited to see this movie and it started out by getting me worried with how
they jumped right into the pool without giving us some background on the
characters or building up the story. Men
In Black is what I was hoping for in terms of character and story development since
this is similar to MIB in many ways. It
had some fun moments and Jeff Bridges played a great character alongside what I
enjoy from Ryan Reynolds and his sarcastic characters he plays so well. As always it’s fun to see Kevin Bacon on the
big screen and he plays it well alongside all the other “Deadies”. A lot of resemblance to MIB but at a slower
pace with less the fun. An enjoyable
movie but I would recommend it as a curious Sunday night rental, unless you
want to see Marisa Miller on the big screen in which case I say go ahead.
Enjoy the show. 3 out
of 5 Marisa Millers dancing in my head.
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