Knockaround Guys

The story was not really interesting but the acting was.Seth Green as a gangster,it's actually pretty stupid but there was some good action scene the actors were good in their roles.

Un petit polar qui n'a l'air de rien avec des mafieux et quelques ploucs de cambrousseland dans l'Amérique profonde, réunis à leur insu autour d'un sac à récupérer, un sac bourré de gros bifetons en l'occurrence. Du classique... Il n'a l'air de rien mais la distribution est étonnamment soignée avec par exemple un Malkovich et un Hopper qui tirent des **** jeunes vers le haut (sans compter le géant Tom Noonan !), même s'il est ardu de tirer quelque chose de deux caves en particulier... Cela dit, leurs personnages sont des blaireaux tout juste diplômés, ce qui tombe bien. Même Vincent Merdafioul dans son rôle de videur et de grosse brute se retrouve dans son élément très naturel... Bien qu'ils s'y soient mis à deux, la réalisation est le gros point faible du film qui a du mal à s'extirper de son allure maladroite de téléfilm bon marché... et le début est un brin mollasson pour tout dire. Mais l'histoire parvient à sauver in extremis et de belle manière ma foi, ce qui semblait peu engageant a priori. L'originalité consiste dans l'ironie certaine du parcours de ces jeunes apprentis-mafieux et fils à papa, à peine capables de mettre un pied devant l'autre... La fin reste cependant un peu trop banale mais ce petit polar est globalement très comestible et assez divertissant.

Why would anyone watch a movie that features Seth Green as a gangster or any movie with Vin Diesel for that matter? Personally, I had very little interest in this film, but I wanted to see it because of John Malkovich. He is so funny and no one plays the bad guy, better than he does. As always, Malkovich was brilliant, in an otherwise awful movie. Knockaround Guys is the story of four gangster's kids, who are tired of being nobodies, and decide it's time to make a score of their own. A score that they manage to royally screw up. It's a good premise for a movie and it was written pretty well. They did a great job casting veteran actors like Malkovich and Dennis Hopper to play the crime bosses, but they really blew it when it came to casting their kids. Seth Green isn't believable at all, seriously, I think the little kid in the beginning of the movie could kick his ass. They try to cover up the fact that he doesn't fit the role by making him a drug addict, but it doesn't work out. Vin Diesel is another one, he may be terrific in crazy action films that hardly have any lines, but when the role is something of substance, and requires a personality, Diesel is the last person who should be cast. He is one of the worst actors I've ever seen, but there is a bright side. When Arnold Schwarzenegger first started acting, he was pretty terrible too, but after gaining some experience, he blossomed into a superstar, who gave us some great films. I hope the same can be said about Diesel in a few years, until then, unless you're a die hard John Malkovich fan, you can avoid seeing this giant mess of a film.