Wednesday, 9 March 2011

MacGruber (2010) 6/10

Starring : Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, Val Kilmer
Director : Jorma Taccone
Running Time : 96 mins

When evil criminal Dieter Von Cunth (Kilmer) steals a Russian nuclear warhead, the US military track down and find MacGruber (Forte), an ex-green beret whose wife was murdered by Von Cunth. MacGruber reforms a crack team to track down the criminal, including his long-time friend Vicki St Elmo (Wiig).

What starts off as a seemingly serious action movie soon slides into farce as Will Forte embodies the spirit of MacGyver and parodies him to high heaven. It’s a shame when a perfectly good character from Saturday Night Life unjustly gets a big screen movie adaptation – it’s not always easy to stretch out a 3 minute sketch to 90 minutes – and this is no exception to the rule.

You’ll like this if you liked : Tropic Thunder

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