Randy, AKA 'The Man from Toronto', is an expert at getting information from people who don't want to talk; his next job entails going to a house in rural Virginia to question a man. Teddy Jackson is a man with many ideas, most of them poor, one weekend he takes his wife to rural Virginia. Thanks to an unreadable printout he goes to the wrong address and is mistaken for Randy. Somehow he survives but when the house is raided by the FBI he is told that he will have to continue pretending to be Randy to help uncover a plot. This will see him forming an unlikely partnership with the real Man from Toronto.
I thought this film was okay; it provided a decent number of laughs and some reasonably exciting moments... unfortunately it lacked any genuinely hilarious moments and lacked a sense of danger. The special effects are also somewhat weak. The story was solid enough; it is just a pity it wasn't grittier; I wasn't surprised to learn Jason Statham had pulled out of the role of Randy due to disagreements about the tone and rating of the film... he would have been great in this if the film had been a 'UK15' rating. As it was Woody Harrelson was good in the role but lacked the menace the higher rating would allow. Kevin Hart is okay as Teddy; at times amusing but occasionally a little irritating. Overall I thought it passed to time well enough; hardly a must see but I'd recommend it to anybody wanting action that is suitable for younger viewers or the easily offended.
I thought this film was okay; it provided a decent number of laughs and some reasonably exciting moments... unfortunately it lacked any genuinely hilarious moments and lacked a sense of danger. The special effects are also somewhat weak. The story was solid enough; it is just a pity it wasn't grittier; I wasn't surprised to learn Jason Statham had pulled out of the role of Randy due to disagreements about the tone and rating of the film... he would have been great in this if the film had been a 'UK15' rating. As it was Woody Harrelson was good in the role but lacked the menace the higher rating would allow. Kevin Hart is okay as Teddy; at times amusing but occasionally a little irritating. Overall I thought it passed to time well enough; hardly a must see but I'd recommend it to anybody wanting action that is suitable for younger viewers or the easily offended.