I saw "Masterminds", starring Zach Galifianakis-The Hangover movies, Into the Wild; Kristen Wiig-The Martian, The Brothers Solomon; Owen Wilson-Hall Pass, Anaconda and Jason Sudeikis-Mother's Day, Hall Pass.
This is a comedy that is based on a true story about the biggest cash robbery in U.S. history. The $17 million robbery took place in October of 1997 in North Carolina. Zach plays the perpetrator of the heist that worked at the Loomis Armored car service. Kristen is a co-worker that puts the idea into Zach's brain, after hatching the plot out with her friend, Owen. Owen plans on using Zach as a fall guy and he uses Kristen to sweeten the deal, making Zach think that she is in love with him. Things don't go according to plan, and Jason, a hit man, is called in to take care of the situation. I did mention that this is a comedy, didn't I? It has it's moments. Sometimes it's funny and sometimes, it seems to try too hard and falls flat. There are a couple of funny/not so funny cameos from Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones-both from Ghostbusters & SNL, just like Kristen-and as the end credits start, there are some bloopers shown, as well as real people from the based-on-a-true story. It's rated "PG-13" for crude humor, language, violence and sexual content-no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 34 minutes. Like I said earlier, it has it's ups & downs, as far as being funny, so I don't think I would buy it on DVD. It would be alright, as a rental though.
This is a comedy that is based on a true story about the biggest cash robbery in U.S. history. The $17 million robbery took place in October of 1997 in North Carolina. Zach plays the perpetrator of the heist that worked at the Loomis Armored car service. Kristen is a co-worker that puts the idea into Zach's brain, after hatching the plot out with her friend, Owen. Owen plans on using Zach as a fall guy and he uses Kristen to sweeten the deal, making Zach think that she is in love with him. Things don't go according to plan, and Jason, a hit man, is called in to take care of the situation. I did mention that this is a comedy, didn't I? It has it's moments. Sometimes it's funny and sometimes, it seems to try too hard and falls flat. There are a couple of funny/not so funny cameos from Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones-both from Ghostbusters & SNL, just like Kristen-and as the end credits start, there are some bloopers shown, as well as real people from the based-on-a-true story. It's rated "PG-13" for crude humor, language, violence and sexual content-no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 34 minutes. Like I said earlier, it has it's ups & downs, as far as being funny, so I don't think I would buy it on DVD. It would be alright, as a rental though.