Stuber feels like a film which began life as a title; a neat joke dreamed up by studio executives in search of a quirky comedy. The resulting film feels like it was made by committee, or indeed by Uber Pool. Attempting to successfully bring together all-out action and a constant comedic beat, its excesses are only partially salvaged by the sparkiness of its leads. A five star ride this is not.
The film throws together the lives of earnest Uber driver Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) and Vic (Dave Bautista), a cop in search of vengeance. Their journey sees them traverse the city in pursuit of Oka Teijo (Iko Uwais), a drug lord who has evaded Vic’s grasp for years. Unsurprisingly, the pair find more than clues along the way.
The film takes the ‘wrong place, wrong time’ ethos of Die Hard and embellishes it beyond recognition. All Stu wants is...
The film throws together the lives of earnest Uber driver Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) and Vic (Dave Bautista), a cop in search of vengeance. Their journey sees them traverse the city in pursuit of Oka Teijo (Iko Uwais), a drug lord who has evaded Vic’s grasp for years. Unsurprisingly, the pair find more than clues along the way.
The film takes the ‘wrong place, wrong time’ ethos of Die Hard and embellishes it beyond recognition. All Stu wants is...
- 7/12/2019
- by Luke Walpole
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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