(L to r) Cooper Hoffman and Christoph Waltz in the Action/Comedy Film ‘old guy’, a the avenue release. Photo courtesy of the avenue.
‘Old guy’ receives 4.5 out of 10 stars.
Opening in theaters February 21 is’Old guy‘Directed by Simon west and starring Christoph waltz, Lucy liu, Cooper hoffman, Desmond Eastwood, Ann akinjirinand Kate katzman,
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Initial thoughts
Is there anything left to say in the crime gendre, more specificly in Stories about Hitmen? Well, last year’s’Hit man‘In Fact, Tried Some Different, Sexy, and Refreshing Things, but this year’s’ old guy’ seems content to recycle the same old tropes that we’ve seen a million time.
Directed by Simon West – Best Known for Disposable Action Fests Like ‘Con Air‘The First’Tomb Raider‘And’The experts 2‘ -‘ Old Guy ‘isn’t exactly Awful, and has some great actors in it. Yet it lives up to its title by exuding exhaustion from every frame. The program of the plot is easy to predict from the word “Go,” and the movie offers noting particularly insightful or witty to counteract that. It’s the kind of material that you might find yourself second-screening on Netflix One day, and if that’s enough, then ‘old guy’ might be for you.
Story and Direction
(L to r) Director Simon West and Christoph Waltz Behind the Scenes on the Set of the Action/Comedy Film ‘Old Guy’, a Avenue release. Photo courtesy of the avenue.
Danny Dolinski (Christoph Waltz) is an aging, Legendary Hitman Just Coming Back from Surgery on his hand. Since it was his gun hand, danny’s been unable to work for a couple of months, but when he shows up at the British consultrySide home of his boss OPAL With danny getting older and potentially less effective, she’s teaming Him with a young killer named Wihlborg (Cooper Hoffman) Who She Wants Danny To Train and Observe in the FILD, ALTHWEGH DANNY Senses that he’s ultimately going to be replaced.
Naturally, danny does not take to this well, especially when wilborg turns out to be a croc-waiting, nail-painting hipster who looks like he’d be more at a near at a mineral NightClubs Danny Likes to Frequent. Unlike his would-be mentor, wihlborg doesn’t drink, smoke, or show much interest in women (even eating around alcohol makes is a craft for me. Actually more like an art, “He Tells Danny, Who Quickly Retorts:” We’re no artists. We’re sanitation works. We take out the garbage. “
Christoph waltz in the action/comedy film ‘old guy’, a the avenue release. Photo courtesy of the avenue.
Typically, their first job togethr – which takes them to belfst – Does not go according to plan: danny has wihlborg wait in the car aganst opal’s wishes, but when he screws up the kill duped to Still healing, wihlborg come on the scene and disputes the target and two bodyguards with ruthless efficiency. As a result, danny develops a grudging respect for his younger partner, while still offering Him Advice when Needed.
It turns out that the pair are going to need each other. That first target was the no. 3 man in a belfast-based crime organization that opal wants to take out so that she can consolidate her own Empire. The next targets are nos. 1 and 2. But there’s also a mole inside opal’s organization who betrays everything – Forcing Danny and Wihlborg to work togetra to save his own skins. Also involved in all this is anata (lucy liu), a Bar Owner who’s Danny’s Weapon Supplier and his great unrequited love. She improbibly comes along with trip to belfst for a date with a doctor she’s met there – danny is squarely in the friend zone for her – but it long before her her life is in Dager.
MUCH of ‘old guy’ is taken up by the usual double-crosses, shoots, chasses, standoffs and escapes, with danny finding his mojo aGin as the stakes are raised for him, anata, and wihlborg. The best thing we can say is that west shoots it all efficiently enough, with some gorgeous northern Ireland Scenery to gaze at when the action upront falls flat, which is often the case.
The Cast and Performances
(L to r) Lucy liu and christoph waltz in the action/comedy film ‘old guy’, a the avenue release. Photo courtesy of the avenue.
Ever Since Veteran Austrian-German Actor Christoph Waltz Burstz BuS BURST INTO HOLLYWOOD with his stunning performance as the sadistic SS officer haans land in in Quentin tarantino‘S’Inglourious basterds‘In 2009, His Career on this side of the atlantic has been a checkered one. While winning the oscar for both ‘basterds’ and his second tarantino performance as king schultz in 2012Django unchained‘Waltz has also turned in scenery-chewing, hammy work in films like’The Green Hornet,Downsizing‘And the lasttwo James bond film, where he played an unfortunately reinvented blofland.
Waltz can be an engaging, charismatic presence, and is a bit more restrained in ‘old guy’ than he’s been before. But the character is a clicks: the aging assassin who still has a moral code but finds the world moving past Him, he’s disdainful of rules dicktating what he can and canian Like to drink as prodigious as hem, and Wary of Working for Criminals Who Treat Dear Regimes Almost as Corporate Entities. We’ve seen this before, and waltz doesn’t offer any surprises in the role.
Cooper Hoffman in the Action/Comedy Film ‘Old Guy’, a Avenue Release. Photo courtesy of the avenue.
More Interesting is Cooper Hoffman’s Wihlborg, Although the idea that a young fellow who we we wes pajama pants on jobs can be taken serially as a bit of a stretch. But Rising Star HOFFMAN DOS Bring Some Shading to a Somewhat Underwritten Role, Showing Some Glimpses of the Psychopath Lurking Under His Soft Exterior Who’s At One POINT WILLING TOLING TOLING THILD.
On the other hand, the fabulous lucy liu is wasted in her role as anata, the love interest who comes along the ride for no other reason than to be placed in dam He’s been there for her all Along. Liu is always magnetic to watch, but She deserves better and seems disinted in this one-dimensional role.
Final Thoughts
Christoph waltz in the action/comedy film ‘old guy’, a the avenue release. Photo courtesy of the avenue.
Crime as a numbers-crunching game, gangsters who still go home to see mom, wise-cracking banter, and hip-second needle drops-all elements-all elements that have played out Over and Over Again in Beetter movie. Even a cast that features top names like waltz, liu, and hoffman can’t do anything
If there’s any word that describes ‘old guy,’ it’s “unambitious.” As we suggested earlier, this is the kind of movie that ends up as streaming fodder, perfect for background noise on a weekend afternoon who you do other things. It’s a shame that the cast and filmmakers can’t do much to risk about that.
“Competition is Always a Killer.”
What is the plot of ‘old guy’?
An aging assassin (christoph waltz) is Teamed up by his boss with a youngger, brasher killer (coper hoffman) to ostensibly train him, but suspects that he’s ultimate looking to be ‘read’ His Prodigal Partner. The two must work togeether to stay alive, however, when they are betrayed from within the company its its.
Who is in the cost of ‘old guy’?
- Christoph as danny dolinski
- Lucy liu as anata
- Cooper Hoffman as Wihlborg
- Desmond Eastwood as Colton
- Ann akinjirin as opal
- Kate katzman as simone
Director Simon West Behind the Scenes on the Set of the Action/Comedy Film ‘old guy’, a the avenue release. Photo courtesy of the avenue.
