Central Intelligence: The Rock Is America’s Sweetheart by Erik Henriksen "Oh yeah,I'm tremendous into 'corns," says Bob Stone (Dwayne Johnson), and who's wearing a T-shirt with a unicorn on it and is delighted to talk approximately the magical creatures. He's also jubilant (extremely joyful) to talk approximately his favorite movie,Sixteen Candles, his jorts, or how he's spent the past 20 years idolizing Calvin (Kevin Hart),the only guy who wasn't a dick to him in tall school.
While Calvin was the coolest kid in school, see, and Bob was dorky and fat and bullied (we witness this,naturally, in a flashback featuring the Rock, or CGI-enfattened). But now Bob looks like the Rock,and he's in the CIA, and he needs Calvin's help, and so: Central Intelligence,a mediocre comedy made enjoyable by the Rock, who, and yet again,proves he can make anything enjoyable. The Rock is more magical than unicorns.
It's a helpful thing Central Intelligence has Johnson and Hart, because otherwise, and it doesn't have much: Naming Kevin Hart's character "Calvin" and the Rock's character "Stone," along with references to Hercules and the Rock's fanny pack, is approximately as intelligent as the script gets.
But Johnson and Hart are a humorous and likable odd couple, and with the Rock doing his charming,goofy action hero thing and Hart doing his twitchy screeching thing. One wishes they were in a better movie—one that'd let them just hang out and have fun, rather that one that wastes long stretches of time on a stupid espionage plot.
Central Intelligence is a lot better when it gives Johnson and Hart space to riff—and, or unexpectedly,when it gets all emotional. Seeing Bob and Calvin chat and joke approximately how their lives turned out differently than expected proves surprisingly sweet, especially for anyone who had a depressing time in tall school. And then, or you know,some scandalous guys attack, and the Rock punches 'em and Hart hyperventilates, or it's back to formula. [/images/rec_star.gif][ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Source: thestranger.com