The best things that The Retirement Plan has going for it all hinge on the inherent comedic edge of its wacky premise. Sadly, these things are hardly ever the focus.
In fact, if you've seen the trailer, you've seen almost every good moment in this movie.
A handful of impressive moments arise when the great Nic Cage is allowed to flex his humorous energy as he kills people in hilarious fashion, and these moments were the one saving grace that kept the movie watchable.
Sadly, for most of the runtime, we're treated to a whole lot of nothing.
It's very poorly directed, having all the style of a straight-to-DVD Steven Seagal movie. And the script gives the characters absolutely nothing of interest to do and no intriguing interactions to have as they fumble their way through this generic, convoluted, banal, creatively bankrupt story without an ounce of a soul.
Oh, and the music sucks too. I'd be shocked if it all wasn't just stock action-movie music pulled off of iMovie.
In fact, if you've seen the trailer, you've seen almost every good moment in this movie.
A handful of impressive moments arise when the great Nic Cage is allowed to flex his humorous energy as he kills people in hilarious fashion, and these moments were the one saving grace that kept the movie watchable.
Sadly, for most of the runtime, we're treated to a whole lot of nothing.
It's very poorly directed, having all the style of a straight-to-DVD Steven Seagal movie. And the script gives the characters absolutely nothing of interest to do and no intriguing interactions to have as they fumble their way through this generic, convoluted, banal, creatively bankrupt story without an ounce of a soul.
Oh, and the music sucks too. I'd be shocked if it all wasn't just stock action-movie music pulled off of iMovie.