A ticking clock yarn where a loser-hero is forced to pay his dues and evade over-the-top bad guys.
This sets up well. The lead actor is good and the pace is just right. But it slips as it goes along, and in the end feels like an '80s movie - maybe Beverly Hills Cop.
I was hoping for more edge and black humour, more weird. If you're dealing with a financial crook he's not going to be a clown, although his speech at the end caught the right note. When a user like that is in play somebody else leaves the field in a body bag.
The best scene was at the exchange with the FBI agent where the loser found his balls - maybe a little overplayed. The final conflict, with money flying through the air, was daft and ended with some flat moralising. The romance was played really well early on - good chemistry, but predictable.
It's a comedy. The biggest laugh was the joke about outrunning black men over a flat surface. Apart from that it was amusing.
Too safe - maybe Karl with a K should have been the hero.
This sets up well. The lead actor is good and the pace is just right. But it slips as it goes along, and in the end feels like an '80s movie - maybe Beverly Hills Cop.
I was hoping for more edge and black humour, more weird. If you're dealing with a financial crook he's not going to be a clown, although his speech at the end caught the right note. When a user like that is in play somebody else leaves the field in a body bag.
The best scene was at the exchange with the FBI agent where the loser found his balls - maybe a little overplayed. The final conflict, with money flying through the air, was daft and ended with some flat moralising. The romance was played really well early on - good chemistry, but predictable.
It's a comedy. The biggest laugh was the joke about outrunning black men over a flat surface. Apart from that it was amusing.
Too safe - maybe Karl with a K should have been the hero.