Play Dirty

[Black] hands us a frenzied combination of action, comedy and criminal caper, patently absurd but well served by knowingly silly performances and solid jokes.

While this isn’t quite the stuff of vintage Black, it’s close enough that I wouldn’t mind seeing him crank another one out every two years for the next decade.

Play Dirty wears its stupidity boldly, proudly, almost aggressively. It dares you to find anything remotely plausible or realistic or even insightful about it. You either get on its wavelength and ride with it, or you run screaming. I mostly rode with it.

While its humor often sticks, its mayhem fails to land.

As in most of his roles since The Departed and The Fighter, Wahlberg shows little charisma, particularly when he’s flanked by an actor with the irreverent verve of LaKeith Stanfield, who steals every scene without even breaking a sweat. That’s not to say Wahlberg is the movie’s sole shortcoming. Not by a long shot.

Play Dirty is a misanthropic work. Which isn’t inherently a deal breaker, but a stiff Wahlberg lacks the moxie to make the brutal barrage of death amusing or worthwhile.

It's not that Play Dirty is a terrible movie, just a very dull one.

Pretty fun and funny movie. Don’t understand the hate. Ppl probably just review bombing.

It has its moments of fun and clearly doesn't take itself too seriously. It's a tad too long, and characters just pop into existence with no backstory.

Play dirty was decent. Mark did a great job and lakeith brought some good comedy to the movie. The action was good but there can always be more action for me. There were twist in this movie which I enjoyed nothing super crazy. I would recommend this movie for a watch but it’s not a movie that needs to be at the top of the list.

Um filme de ação-comédia onde o protagonista, com sua história de ladrão com princípios, atira na cabeça de qualquer um como se estivesse tomando um cafezinho, assassinando naturalmente sem nenhum remorso, não pode ser considerado uma obra que agrega e entretem. Uma porcaria. Não sei como Mark aceitou fazer essa desgraça.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]