Gore Verbinski showed us way back in 1997 that he was a master of
physical action comedies with Mousehunt, and it's good to see that he finally gets to put his skills to use.
Not exact matches
Action Mash - Up — This featurette just collects a few of the
physical comedy gags in the film.
Daley and Goldstein also prove to have a good versatility when pulling off different setups and jokes - from witty and well - timed dialogue in slower moments, to more over-the-top
physical comedy, and the mimicry of
action or adventure movies.
Comedy comes naturally to him, and that and his intimidating
physical presence make him the perfect
action hero for our times, the go - to guy when it comes to fronting up such nonsense as this.
After sitting through 100 minutes of this
action comedy filled with explosive devices, poop and other
physical jokes that do not work, car chases, gun shootings, jumps to swimming pools and a plot that does not make sense one feels wasted.
It shares the same giddy levels of cartoonish
action and
physical comedy, and the writing is sharply written to the point of guaranteeing at least one painful laugh per half hour.
The stakes of Pine's looming outing as a saboteur by Roper never carry much weight, because the former's never seriously tempted by the social possibilities of throwing in with the latter, leaving Hiddleston stranded, looking marvelous in another role that doesn't fully utilize his strengths for
comedy or
physical action (though he periodically comes to life opposite Elizabeth Debecki's sexy but standard - issue moll with a heart of gold).
This being the take on the «Buddy Cop» genre of
action movies, is well scripted and the
physical comedy is simply amazing.
A Chan film wouldn't be complete without
comedy, and while he does some great
physical gags that emerge from the
action scenes, the best comic moments do not come from Chan but co-star Anita Mui.
This year's showcase of top student talent include slapstick
physical comedy adventure Octodad, from DePaul University's Team DGE2, University of Montreal student Richard E. Flanagan's boldly styled Myst - like adventure Fract, and Tiny and Big, an ambitious, comic - book styled 3D
action platformer from Germany's School of Arts and Design Kassel.