The Wrecking Crew

[Drunk Monk]

The Wrecking Crew. Now with more Morena!

Bautista & Momoa. This could go bad, right? But it doesn’t. It goes exactly as it should go. A buddy flick but the buddies are brothers and like the chief of police says, they ‘eat steroid pancakes for breakfast. It’s the most macho sibling rivalry ever. 

Ultravi? Oh yeah. The action is Jon Valera and he delivers ridiculous ultravi. I got a few good ultravi chuckles out of the gratuitousness. The action scenes are heavy on the casualties, ridiculous wifh the flying bodies and vehicles, would be destroyed if any of the villains could aim a gun, glorious with the impact and collateral damage, and just good ol’ ultravi fun. Bautista delivers an homage to the Oldboy hallway fight (there’s a few nice one-er shots, neatly digitally stitched to good effect). It opens with a sword fight. No, no. Not that kind of sword fight. The nsfw kind. Momoa shows his bare bum (I know one of the brotherhood will delight in that but I won’t out ya). It ends in a villain’s throne room which is adorned with cold weapons so it ends with a good ol’ fashion sword fight. And that fight has a ultravi-chuckle worthy coup de grâce. There’s a lot of grating - with graters, with asphalt, with maces…

Could’ve used more Morena. She kills every scene she’s in. She’s in top form. She’s really only in the beginning and in an absurd van vs chopper & ninja bikers chase but that action piece is rollicking as long as you don’t think while it’s playing out - just gotta roll with a lot of physics defiance and enjoy the car crashes in all their digital glory. 

And then there’s Bobby Draper, Jango Fett & the clones, and Ned Leeds from the MCU. Frankie & Morena together? That should be the sequel. 

Set in Hawaii, there’s an attempt to spotlight Hawaiian native culture (never mind that most of the cast is from NZ and a lot was shot there - although some was shot in Hawaii). 

D00M recommended but only when you can park your brain outside for 2 hours.