As a goofy, light comedy, this surely could have worked a little better. Instead, the script wound up being muddled at times; especially during crucial moments (Perlman's LSD revelations had no impact for the audience). The entire gist of the plot (US hiring Kubrick to fake moon landing, etc) was really convoluted, and I can't imagine what someone who didn't know this myth first would think of all this!
Going directly against any "light comedy" were extremely graphic violent scenes. These suddenly pulled the viewer out of a relaxing, funny film and into brutal gun battles featuring exploding heads and more. It really felt like two films stitched together for no reason other than sensationalism. It really was not handled very well!
In the end, I was entertained. Ron Perlman is always fun to watch, despite some awkward scripting. And Rupert Grint definitely can act, do comedy, and generally hold his own; however, I'm not sold on him leading a film yet. I'm not sure why the script was all over the place... either it was poorly edited with chunks randomly taken out, or the script itself was written while high: I don't know, but the subject matter surely could have ended up as a classic comedy. Oh well, maybe someone else will have a go at it?
Going directly against any "light comedy" were extremely graphic violent scenes. These suddenly pulled the viewer out of a relaxing, funny film and into brutal gun battles featuring exploding heads and more. It really felt like two films stitched together for no reason other than sensationalism. It really was not handled very well!
In the end, I was entertained. Ron Perlman is always fun to watch, despite some awkward scripting. And Rupert Grint definitely can act, do comedy, and generally hold his own; however, I'm not sold on him leading a film yet. I'm not sure why the script was all over the place... either it was poorly edited with chunks randomly taken out, or the script itself was written while high: I don't know, but the subject matter surely could have ended up as a classic comedy. Oh well, maybe someone else will have a go at it?