Action Hero MoviesThis movie is less of an action — more of an understated comedy — and I say understated because it’s not overly advertising itself as a comedy or trying hard to be funny, but it does have bags of humour and that’s its main selling point aside from the romantic angle.
By a third of the way in, it looks set for something in the region of a Bang Average rating which is quite an impressive unlikely score for a low-action comedy drama like this, since we’re reviewing action hero movies. Will Smith is the hero here, even if there’s no so much action going on — he’s literally the Date Doctor who pulls off relationship-starting miracles regularly. The strong score comes down to quality of cast and quality of story and quality of general production — it doesn’t look like a high budget movie per se but it does look like it was produced with passion.
Strong co-stars include Eva Mendez and Kevin James (star of Paul Blart: Mall Cop).
Around the 1 hour mark it makes a big push for pharmaceuticals — that’s probably what got this movie sponsored and the main reason it’s around today.
The second half is considerable weaker than the first, and entirely dependent on having followed the narrative of the first. As such, in the end, I rate it a Below Average movie for the action hero movie connoisseur.