This movie is based of a stand up routine I saw years ago with the same comedian portraying himself with someone else portraying his younger self. It's fairly funny at times but rarely laugh out loud. It does have the same ridiculous premise with how got involved with the Russian mob by partying with them and drinking them under the table while calling himself the machine. They tried to put an emotional element to it with the strained relationship he has with his dad and the one that is beginning with his daughter. It seemed unnecessary for this film to me and I think maybe they should have shown more of what made him the machine (for comedy purposes) than that. The daughter still had to be in danger to get him to go back to Russia but they should have focused on the comedy in my opinion.
Review of The Machine
