Individually each one of them has a big following.
And pairing Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson with Kevin Hart in the same movie is casting genius.
So hats off to the brains behind CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE who are giving us this certified summer slapstick action-comedy guaranteed to keep the popcorn a poppin’
Kudos also to Warner Brothers’ distribution machine for wisely slotting the picture into FINDING DORY territory which is expected to set Pixar animation records this weekend—primarily with girls and women.
It’s counter programming in the truest sense of the meaning.
As to the storyline for CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, it plays as if it were custom made for the two stars who play opposites to their norm in this film.
Dwayne Johnson is a one time geek who grew up to be a lethal CIA operative who is coming home for his high school reunion.
The opposite happened to former big man on campus Kevin Hart who now labors as an accountant and misses his glory days.
Will these two hook up? What do YOU think?
Sure enough. Before we know it the numbers cruncher gets more than he ever bargained for, not realizing what he’d gotten himself into—and it’s too late to get out.
There’s more than enough shootouts, double-crosses and espionage here, that could get both of them killed in this fast moving 107 minutes long action comedy.
No, it’s not going to win any awards or make critics’ top 10 lists.
But audiences will eat it up. Our screening crowd sure did!
With funny cameo appearances by Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, there’s no doubt in my mind that CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE will more than hold its own at the crowded box office.
My favorite part?
The outtakes at the end.
I only wish there would’ve been more because they REALLY work.
So check your sensibilities at the door. Load up on popcorn. Squirt plenty of that yellow stuff on it and be prepared to laugh along with your fellow cinephiles, or whoever’s occupying the seat next to you.
My grade: B (for its intended audience, that is.)
Big dick with little dick. sounds like fun.