The Do-Over (2016)
Rated R
Starring Adam Sandler, David Spade, Paula Patton, Heather Hahn, Nick Swardson, Luis Guzman
Directed by Steven Brill
The Story:
Charlie (Spade) is not living the life he envisioned for himself. When he runs into Max (Sandler) his best friend from high school at their reunion, the two reconnect and spend a weekend catching up. That weekend ends with Max faking their deaths in a boating accident and assuming the identities of two recently deceased people that nobody knows are dead. Which is great, because they suddenly have a great house and a ton of money at their disposal. However, when assassins come calling to kill the duo, they begin to realize that maybe they are in over their heads!
Okay, that's much better.
Still, a lot of room for improvement and humor to the films, but this is a drastic upgrade from The Ridiculous 6.
For starters, there was actually more than one funny moment in the film, so like I said, much better.
This is a return to the crude, R-rated Sandler pictures, which he gravitates between these and the family-friendly version of himself, so keep the kids away.
He and Spade, and everyone else for that matter, seem to be having a pretty good time making this one, so that's a plus as well.
The framework of the story is actually a really good one and had they taken out some of the crude jokes and just gone for funny, or even tried to make it an action-comedy, I think the results would be even better.
I don't want to spoil why the 2 other individuals get killed, but if the same storyline were starring anyone else, it could be a drama or thriller.
I would say that Netflix is probably much happier with this film than the first one that brings Sandler directly to the streaming service, except Netflix proudly proclaimed that The Ridiculous 6 was the most watched movie... ever.
And people say they don't like Adam Sandler films.
Netflix knows better.
:)
Let's hope the improvements keep coming, by the 4th film, we could have a best of the year contender.
Final Grade: C
