You always know you're in trouble when even the movie trailer is lame and this hapless, pointless big-screen reboot of the enduring 80s tv show (starring Lee Majors) is easily one of the worst tv-to-movie incarnations i've seen. It rates alongside fellow cathode ray 'Hall of Shamers' such as Sgt Bilko, Baywatch, Charlie's Angels, CHiPs and The Dukes of Hazzard as must avoid viewing.
The usually decent Ryan Gosling mails it in for the money (like he did in Barbie) as stunt guy 'Colt Severs' while Emily Blunt fails to deliver as his air-headed love interest. Indeed the lack of chemistry and laughs between the two is an epic fail (guy).
The actual plot is pointless so not even worth discussing while the charm, fun and part-time bounty hunter angle of the original show is jettisoned in preference for stunts (duh), cheesy dialogue and a cringey love-hate scenario throughout between the two leads instead.
No pleasant surpises here then, I expected it to be cr @p and it was. Even the music sucks. Do yourself a favour and swerve this absolute rubbish and go watch the old TV show on DVD, Blu-Ray or whatever instead... Should've called it the FAIL Guy.
The usually decent Ryan Gosling mails it in for the money (like he did in Barbie) as stunt guy 'Colt Severs' while Emily Blunt fails to deliver as his air-headed love interest. Indeed the lack of chemistry and laughs between the two is an epic fail (guy).
The actual plot is pointless so not even worth discussing while the charm, fun and part-time bounty hunter angle of the original show is jettisoned in preference for stunts (duh), cheesy dialogue and a cringey love-hate scenario throughout between the two leads instead.
No pleasant surpises here then, I expected it to be cr @p and it was. Even the music sucks. Do yourself a favour and swerve this absolute rubbish and go watch the old TV show on DVD, Blu-Ray or whatever instead... Should've called it the FAIL Guy.
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