Not Coming to a Theater Near You
You know him?”
“Not socially. His name’s Jaws, he kills people.
A perfectly acceptable attempt at comedy about midlife crises and the open road, though the homophobic jokes get a little tiring by, oh let’s see, the first or second scene. John C. McGinley seems to be the go-to guy these days for off-center supporting characters; never mind that he’s kept “Scrubs” tolerable for the last few yearsÑor for that matter, since the show beganÑor that he was great as the grieving husband-via-mental-manifestation in Identity, he’s now usually stuck in flat, poorly conceived supporting roles written to complement flat, poorly conceived leading roles. Herein he’s a highway patrolman in a tight uniform who comes upon the four main bikers lying together in the woods and then later as they bathe nude in a park pool. It’s funny at first, then just plain uncomfortable, and maybe even a little insulting. It’s even worse when you realize that it’s a blatant rip-off of Gary Busey’s one-scene character in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, who was dark and ridiculous without being overly offensive.
by Adam Balz | Source: DVD
02 Jan 2008 4:28 PM | Submit Comment
