This is Wahlberg’s fifth movie with Peter Burg at the helm, so I expected it to be better than the end result. This movie has him teaming up with Winston Duke, aka our King Mbaku. It should have been a good movie, but somehow it just misses the mark.
The action-comedy from director Peter Berg tells the story of ex-cop Spenser who has just got out of jail for assaulting his commanding officer and is planning to leave Boston because he is done with this town. Done! But are Boston boys ever really done with their town? No, they are not, and Spenser gets roped into training his old boxing coach’s newest recruit, Hawk .
The trailer to this movie made it seem like it would be funny but somehow seeing those parts play out in the movie fell flat. It also seems like they used all the funny parts in the trailer. The plot is predictable and therefore, boring. We know who the bad guy is because people are sketchy early on so obviously it’s his ex-partner.
There is nothing dynamic about this duo, however. Despite their differences, Hawk and Spenser get along pretty quickly and effortlessly. The dialogue ought to be witty and fun, but it comes across as stale. There’s something missing from this equation, and I can’t quite put my finger on what it is. It just needs some life because I have never been so bored watching a Mark Wahlberg action movie in my life.
to remind myself that Wahlberg and Berg can actually make good movies together, this was just not it.
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