Jennifer Aniston. She’s really the only reason that I went to see The Bounty Hunter. Admittedly, I was a little nervous. Jen was also my logic behind renting Management—a move that backfired stronger than my brother-in-law after a visit to White Castle. My nervousness really had nothing to do with her as much as it did with Gerard Butler, whose very name in the intro credits usually makes me vomit a little and want to shave. Yeah, he was okay in Law Abiding Citizen, a movie that I actually liked despite the Tarantino levels of violence. Other Butler flicks such as Gamer or The Ugly Truth made me regret downing so much popcorn before even the trailers began to roll. The Bounty Hunter, however, provided a pretty good mid-week escape.
Jen plays Nicole, a reporter who’s onto something. A puzzle of a story that, if pieced together, would be a whopper. The trouble is, she missed a court date for a traffic misdee (that’s “misdemeanor” for the cool-challenged) and is on the lam…albeit, unknowingly. That’s where Milo comes in (Butler). He’s her ex who has left the police force to take over for Boba and Jengo Fett after their untimely demises from the Star Wars saga. (yeah, I guess I’m the uncool one now) Milo has the enjoyable task of bringing his ex-wife to jail while collecting a cool 5g’s in the process—a real win-win that would put a smile on the face of anyone who has ever been rejected. (…food for thought, but I digress…)
Milo captures his bounty, but in the process of bringing her in—he gets caught up in Nicole’s effort to break this big story. In the meantime, she’s got a little too close to solving the ole puzzle which has hacked off the thugs who would be just as satisfied if she didn’t. Chase ensues…story develops from there and yada-yada-yada.
A little romance. Plenty of action. And some nicely timed humor makes for a pretty good flick. Yeah, The Bounty Hunter is pretty entertaining…nothing that screams BIG SCREEN, mind you—rent it and you’ll be fine. Especially if you are a fan of Jen’s or Butlers (although make sure you stop by for a cat scan on the way home from Blockbuster if you’re a fan of the latter’s! Just kidding!) That reminds me, I better go shave!
All in all—I’ll give it 3.5 stars (I liked it) See below for the scale range)
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STAR SCALE:
5 stars—I loved it and will buy the BLU-Ray!
4.5 stars—I loved it and will watch it again!
4 stars—I REALLY liked it!
3.5 stars—I liked it.
3 stars—It falls on the sunny side of okay.
2.5 stars—Eh, it was so-so...the down-side of okay.
2 stars—You mean, I could have slammed my head in the door rather than watching this crap!?! (In other words, I didn’t like it)
1.5 stars—You mean, I could have slammed my head in the door twice instead of watching this crap!?! (For those who can’t read between the lines, I really did not like this movie)
1 star—You’re kidding me, right?
.5 star—DON’T EVER MENTION THIS F#%*-ing MOVIE TO ME AGAIN!
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