MACGRUBER

MacGruber stars Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer. Directed by Jorma Taccone (a writer for SNL and a member of The Lonely Island). Rated R with a running time of 1 hr. 28 Mins. Based on the skit from SNL.

In the 10 years since his fiancée was killed, special op MacGruber (Forte) has sworn off a life of fighting crime with his bare hands. But when he learns that his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that's been stolen by his sworn enemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Kilmer). MacGruber figures he's the only one tough enough for the job. Assembling an elite team of experts Lt. Dixon Piper (Phillippe) and Vicki St. Elmo (Wiig), MacGruber will navigate an army of assassins to hunt down Cunth and bring him to justice. His methods may be unorthodox. His crime scenes may get messy. But if you want the world saved right, you call in MacGruber.

First off MacGruber is not a good movie. Its also mostly full of unfunny gags and jokes. I don't really watch SNL and I have never seen a MacGruber skit. I saw the previews for this movie and thought it could be very funny. That was definitely not the case. I personally think Will Forte is NOT funny. He just comes off wierd and annoying. So him being the lead in this movie should have warned me but I still thought it looked funny. The question I have is did the movie really need to be made? There have been so many movies about bumbling idiot secret agents that save the world. The thing is that some can be really funny and you like the main character. With MacGruber he just comes off as a dick and hes pretty disgusting. So that doesnt make me like or root for the character. Believe me I like stupid gross out comedies like Step Brothers, The Hangover, Role Models and even stuff like the Austin Power movies. But to me those movies were actually funny and they had some heart and likeable characters. And how the hell did they get this supporting cast? Val Kilmer and Ryan Phillippe? I dont understand why they chose to do this movie because they were equally unfunny. There were a few chuckles here and there but not nearly enough to be a good comedy. You can definitely skip MacGruber.

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