For all of you out there reading this, I hope you have found interesting my expose on the health care system. Coming soon will be the possibility of war with Iran arriving this fall, houses stolen from owners legally by the government, unsafe drinking water being given to our troops, the failure and success of the new banking bill and a dozen other things to make your head explode. Today thought, it's Friday. It's the weekend. And if you want to see a film that will make you forget all about everything I just wrote, MacGruber is for you.
Loosely based on a 90 second skit from SNL, MacGruber is nonstop humor, most of which is very funny. Will Forte is MacGruber, a Maguiver wannabe, drawn back into the military because of his ahem "superior" skills. Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer) is set to blow up the State of The Union address with a stolen nuclear missile and Macgruber is the only one to stop him. In full Colonel Troutman mode, Power Booth plays Colonel Faith, totally straight and is the only person in the entire film to do so. The beginning is a direct shout out to Stallone and Rambo 2 so the Troutman image is very deliberate. Had Richard Crenna still been alive I'd bet he would have been offered the part.
After his team is wiped out in the funniest possible way, Macgruber teams with love interest Vicky St Elmo (Kristen Wiig) and Lt. Piper (Ryan Phillippe) to lead the attack. What follows is plenty of great sight gags, more male nudity than you want and some female nudity you really don't want either. Trust me. You'll be as horrified as I was when you see it. Don't want to ruin the surprise more than that although I do wish there was a way to unsee something like this. Just thinking about it makes me ill. On top of all that is probably the most disturbing, yet hilarious, love making scene ever. You can actually see Kristen Wiig trying to shield her face from the actual sweat coming off his fuzzy, fuzzy body. Ugh.
This movie has no surprises plot line wise but you going to see this for the gags. One of the best jokes is every time an explosion occurs, you also hear a large cat growl. This was actually used in an old Steven Segal movie (Under Siege 2?) which was unintentionally funny then and really funny now.
It's a stupid movie. The plot sucks. But it's really funny. GROSS GROSS GROSS. But funny nonetheless. It's going to bomb at the theater I expect. There was one other guy at the showing I went to today. But it will do gangbusters on video. If your looking to escape, and in today's world who isn't, give this movie a whirl. Just be prepared to see things you really really wish you hadn't.
3 out of 5 stars
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