Juggling upset Russians, British Mi5, international terrorist, and art dealer, Charlie Mortdecai rushes to recover a stolen painting that is said to have a secret code that leads to lost Nazi treasure.
Review:
There is really nothing to say about this film besides that it is pretty much an uninspired piece of crap. Generally speaking, I often enjoy a good British comedy, and there are some movies I enjoy that are poorly reviewed. But this film was just not good at all.
Basically, it seems to completely miss the point in what makes a comedy work. The humor in this movie (if you can even call it that) is juvenile, uninspired, and downright awkward. For instance, there were a lot of moments where I was like "Is that supposed to be funny?". It basically uses gimmicky dialogue and hand motions as an attempt to make people laugh, which just did not work. What this film needs is some "jokes".
It also fails as an action flick because the action scenes are boring and not very exciting.
Also, the storyline is quite pointless and forgettable. I mean I watched this not too long ago and I barely even remember the story besides that it was centered around a painting.
It just goes to show that not even a good cast can save a pile of junk such as this. That is the kind of impression that Mortdecai made on me. I feel sorry for Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, and Ewan McGregor being involved in this.
Overall, I found Mortdecai to be a pathetic attempt at an action comedy, and I would not recommend it to anyone.
Max Scale:
1/10
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