There is no real need for a comedy to be so exaggerated. You can make something hilarious, but believable.
In the entire movie the only couple of people who gave a believable performance was Ice Cube himself. Which is quite a compliment considering he happens to be the main character. He was menacing enough to get his part right.
Chi McBride, an actor I'm fond of, is a believable pastor and a worthy Christian. No matter how unreal his situation was.
Tracy Morgan as LeeJohn had some decent back-story behind his character but his actions were idiotic and exaggerated.
Durrell's "love interest" tried way too hard to be the "independant woman".
The judge, while also a fine actor, was terrible in the role he was shoved into and was also, extremely exaggerated.
The black and white lawyers was a terrible stereotype and they acted terribly to begin with, leading to extremely terrible and MORE unbelievable court scenes.
I enjoyed Katt Williams' performance, it was nice to see that he didn't have to rely on language too much to be funny. (I don't mind language at all, big fan of his comedy but it's /always/ nice to see an actor or comedian be able to step above it from time to time.
Unfortunately, even as a comedy, the entire heist situation was moronic. As said before, Chi McBride as the Pastor stepped against Ice Cube's character with some realistic resilience, but it ends there.
Come on; an old lady gets up, steps up, and speaks against a man with a gun? Durell led a believable performance that he probably would have shot somebody if it wasn't for the movie being a comedy.
I did not appreciate how the movie seemed to "skip" or remove a few minutes of time to just bring in the deaf and blind cleaner with the moneybag with NO explanation on where it was. I do not like being treated like a moron, even in a comedy, thank you.
And finally; It wasn't too bad of a movie but don't expect much out of it like I did. The commercials make it look more than it does (Which is the flaw in judging a movie by it's trailers.) Overall, a solid 4-4.5 out of 10.
In the entire movie the only couple of people who gave a believable performance was Ice Cube himself. Which is quite a compliment considering he happens to be the main character. He was menacing enough to get his part right.
Chi McBride, an actor I'm fond of, is a believable pastor and a worthy Christian. No matter how unreal his situation was.
Tracy Morgan as LeeJohn had some decent back-story behind his character but his actions were idiotic and exaggerated.
Durrell's "love interest" tried way too hard to be the "independant woman".
The judge, while also a fine actor, was terrible in the role he was shoved into and was also, extremely exaggerated.
The black and white lawyers was a terrible stereotype and they acted terribly to begin with, leading to extremely terrible and MORE unbelievable court scenes.
I enjoyed Katt Williams' performance, it was nice to see that he didn't have to rely on language too much to be funny. (I don't mind language at all, big fan of his comedy but it's /always/ nice to see an actor or comedian be able to step above it from time to time.
Unfortunately, even as a comedy, the entire heist situation was moronic. As said before, Chi McBride as the Pastor stepped against Ice Cube's character with some realistic resilience, but it ends there.
Come on; an old lady gets up, steps up, and speaks against a man with a gun? Durell led a believable performance that he probably would have shot somebody if it wasn't for the movie being a comedy.
I did not appreciate how the movie seemed to "skip" or remove a few minutes of time to just bring in the deaf and blind cleaner with the moneybag with NO explanation on where it was. I do not like being treated like a moron, even in a comedy, thank you.
And finally; It wasn't too bad of a movie but don't expect much out of it like I did. The commercials make it look more than it does (Which is the flaw in judging a movie by it's trailers.) Overall, a solid 4-4.5 out of 10.