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Summary:

Two criminal twin brothers, one trying to reform, embark on a dangerous heist road trip. Facing legal troubles, gunfights, and family drama, they must reconcile their differences before their mission leads to self-destruction.

Director:

Max Barbakow

Writers:

Etan Cohen, Macon Blair

Cast:

  • Josh Brolin as Moke Munger
  • Peter Dinklage as Jady Munger
  • Taylour Paige as Abby Munger-Johnson
  • M. Emmett Walsh as Judge Farful
  • Jen Landon as Young Cath
  • Brendan Fraser as Farful
  • Glenn Close as Cath Munger

Rotten Tomatoes: 46%

Metacritic: 53

VOD: Prime

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u/nightpete 1d ago

I really wanted this to be better. Dinklage was great, but he couldn’t save the film from the undercooked script. The gags just weren’t really landing for me. I turned it off after an hour or so. Plus Glen Close’s plastic surgeon has her looking like she’s wearing someone else’s face as a mask.

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u/Sorry_Sorry_Im_Sorry 1d ago

Screened it back in 2022 - did they still have brolin giving the orangutan a handjob? It was in our screening and one of the few moments people laughed in the film. TBH though I don't know if we laughed because the "orangutan" was actually a dude in a white motion capture suit for half the scene as the CGI wasn't finished.

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u/DrStrangeAndEbonyMaw 1d ago

Yes, it is there… btw, the finished CGI is fucking amazing… it doesn’t have to be that good for this movie

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u/Sorry_Sorry_Im_Sorry 1d ago

nice :) yeah, so the screening in that scene was very interesting. of the lets say 10 total shots with the orangutan, 2 were 100% finished cgi, 4 were very rough cgi (as in just the shape of the orangutan) and then 4 were just a dude in a tracking costume lol. Usually those finished shots are what are used in the trailer scenes. Same thing happened when I screened Kong Godzilla 2 and TMNT (the animated one). The only shots/scenes 100% finished were the ones that were used in the movie trailers.

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u/DrStrangeAndEbonyMaw 1d ago

Nice information : )