Ah, the buddy film. A classic in the Hollywood subgenre.
Due Date follows its brothers in the new bromance sub-subgenre of fine American Cinema. But wait, there's more! It's a road film too! Can this get any better? It definitely can, but unfortunately there are no heists in it. This film follows the story of two unlikely friends
Zach Glaifianakis and
Robert Downey Jr as they travel across America in search of
motorcycles,
great tasting wine,
corporate safety,
mission from God,
tiny hamburgers,
deliver a suitcase filled with money,
Chelsea Clinton,
autistic inheritance, his wife in labor. (Catch all those references?) The formula was there and thanks to the acquired taste of Galifianakis, the details were there too. I give it a 3 thehangoverwasbetters.
Ah, another film similar to that of
Prince of Persia. And no I'm not talking about the black kid not being Asian, the original dude wasn't either was he? I'm talking about the maybe not so obvious fact that Karate is a Japanese martial art! Even Jackie Chan said he was teaching him kung-fu. But, I can ignore that just because Jackie Chan is in it and it brought an Asian culture to American theaters. Even thought it was extremely stereotypical, I saw some truth in those b-roll shots that the second unit couldn't set up and fake.
This modern
Karate Kid starred Will Smith's son and awed black kids everywhere to try to kick really, really high. Until of course they got made fun of by the other kids in the neighborhood who couldn't afford to go to the movie. The movie was pretty safe up until the final fight scene where they pulled a
Star Trek, blinded us with lens flares and promoted the actor in
Cloverfield as camera operator. I thought I was going to vomit until the fight ended just in the nick of time. I give this movie one whereischristuckerwhenyouneedhim?
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