Friday 7 August 2015

Mortdecai

UK Release Date: 23rd January 2015

Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost Nazi gold (www.imdb.com).

Director: David Koepp (Secret Window, Ghost Town, Premium Rush)

Cast: Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn, Paul Bettany

Mortdecai's like marmite. This movie's a love or hate game. Love to hate it, or hate to love it. Same goes for Johnny Depp. He's one of those actors that draws crowds for reasons unknown. Mortdecai's been shaped to fit Depp's charisma. No one could play it better. Comparable to Johnny English and Maxwell Smart, Charles Mortdecai's an affluent, heavy-handed dolt who deals in the art business. How he came to be cannot be asked because it cannot be answered. His wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) wears the trousers. She's disturbed by the hair on his lip. One of the few overused jokes. Mortdecai's called upon by Mi5 agent Martland (Ewan McGregor) to help solve a murder and find a priceless painting. The narrative's easy to grasp, but burdened by other attributes. Mortdecai's right-hand-man Jock (Paul Bettany) is the only character producing the laughs. The script's sluggish, heavy on under-thought jokes. A forgetful film to say the least.       

2/5

2 comments:

  1. Is Olivia Munn any good in this film though? She's fairly easy on the eye ;)

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  2. Less than standard I would say. Only eye candy in one scene, and it's in the trailer! Put the trailer on repeat instead :)

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