Starring
Antonio Banderas, Olga Kurylenko, Ben Cura, Mark Valley, Aisling
Loftus, Martin Dingle Wall, David Mitchell, Jeremy Swift, Jesse
Johnson. Directed by Simon West. (2017, 92 min).
Turk
Henry (Antonio Banderas) is an aging, reclusive, has-been rock star
who's content to sit in his mansion watching TV and drinking all day.
But at the behest of his wife, Sheila (Olga Kurylenko), the two go
down to Chile for a vacation. Still, all he wants to do is sit and
drink, so she goes sightseeing on her own. Unfortunately, she is
kidnapped by a desperate group of would-be outlaws led by
Juan (Ben Cura). They want a million dollars for her safe return,
which Turk is willing to pay, but manic government agent Ben Harding
(Mark Valley) is convinced they are terrorists and threatens to arrest Turk for funding terrorism if he gives in to their demands. Aided by his
agent's secretary and a hired mercenary, Turk decides to save his
wife on his own.
Supposedly
an action-comedy, Gun Shy is missing two key components
that are the hallmarks of any great action-comedy: the action
and the comedy.
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One
would think director Simon West, the guy responsible for the kitschy cult
classic, Con-Air, would bring some of that same over-the-top chutzpah a movie like this is begging for. Instead, we get a
bugged-eyed Banderas holding onto his hat as he rides an
out-of-control suitcase down a street. Not only is this scene the
action high-point, it's representative of the derivative attempts at
humor through most of the film. The very second someone dumps a
poisonous snake into a hot tub, we're 100% certain which part the
male anatomy the animal is gonna chomp down on.
Though
the cast tries hard - perhaps too hard - Gun Shy is almost
painfully unfunny from beginning to end. Banderas has previously
shown he can be quite amusing when required, but here he's stuck with
a stupid character who's basically the same exaggerated rock star
parody we've seen in countless other comedies. But he's not alone. None of the other characters are remotely amusing or interesting either.
Even
at 92 minutes, the film feels like it goes on forever. It also
doesn't know when to quit...literally. Provided the viewer
even makes it this far, Gun Shy has more end/post-credit scenes
than a Marvel movie, none of which serve any purpose...except to
repeat the Johnson-biting snake gag again (it isn't any funnier
the second time).
EXTRA
KIBBLES
FEATURETTE:
"The Rock Star, the Pirate and the Cast of Gun Shy"
MUSIC
MONTAGE VIDEO: "Just Who I Can Be"
DIGITAL
COPY
KITTY CONSENSUS:
BLEH...LIKE COUGHING UP A HAIRBALL
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