Guns Akimbo (2019) (2019)
January 23, 2023 9:21 PM - Subscribe
A [gradually pissed off] guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator [DGAF] skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers.
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This should tell you how crazy this film is - at some point early in the film, Daniel Radcliffe gets pistols bolted to each of his hands against his will.
I think I read in an interview somewhere that when he first read the script, he got to the scene shortly after that - in which his character tries to urinate without shooting his own penis off - and he laughed so hard at that scene, that's what sold him on doing the film.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 3:45 AM on January 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
I think I read in an interview somewhere that when he first read the script, he got to the scene shortly after that - in which his character tries to urinate without shooting his own penis off - and he laughed so hard at that scene, that's what sold him on doing the film.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 3:45 AM on January 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
It's indeed a hilarious film. Watching Radcliffe run around nyc with Samara Weaving is just fantastic.
posted by miss-lapin at 7:40 AM on January 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by miss-lapin at 7:40 AM on January 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
The Radcliffe/Weaving combo is strong in this. They're both 110% committed to the silliness and it is far funnier that it probably should be. Also, bonus Rhys Darby appearance!
posted by mrphancy at 7:51 AM on January 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by mrphancy at 7:51 AM on January 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
Weaving has great energy in this. There's a similar rapport with Steven Yeun in the movie 'Mayhem'.
posted by d_hill at 10:35 AM on January 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by d_hill at 10:35 AM on January 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
'Mayhem' is indeed another great over-the-top movie!
Rhys Darby's character is so surreal, I was initially wondering if the story would go in the direction that Miles completely loses his mind.
That half-a-hotdog...
posted by porpoise at 12:23 PM on January 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
Rhys Darby's character is so surreal, I was initially wondering if the story would go in the direction that Miles completely loses his mind.
That half-a-hotdog...
posted by porpoise at 12:23 PM on January 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
I must have been in a bad mood or something when I watched this, because I thought it was as crass and ugly as Gamer, which kind of bored me, or Shoot ‘Em Up, which I just hated.
This was marginally better than those, but overall not what I wanted in a nonsense gunplay movie.
I liked Hardcore Henry a lot better.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 9:56 AM on January 25, 2023
This was marginally better than those, but overall not what I wanted in a nonsense gunplay movie.
I liked Hardcore Henry a lot better.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 9:56 AM on January 25, 2023
Interesting. I hated 'Gamer,' loved 'Shoot 'Em Up' and 'Hardcore Henry.'
The director of 'Hardcore' is Ilya Naishuller and he also directed Bob Odenkirk's 'Nobody' (2021) which was a pretty refined actioner.
posted by porpoise at 11:09 AM on January 25, 2023 [2 favorites]
The director of 'Hardcore' is Ilya Naishuller and he also directed Bob Odenkirk's 'Nobody' (2021) which was a pretty refined actioner.
posted by porpoise at 11:09 AM on January 25, 2023 [2 favorites]
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Enjoyed 'Guns Akimbo' just as much as my original viewing. Radcliffe Must Suffer!
Reminds me of 'Swiss Army Man' (2016).
This is a very silly movie and it owns up to the silliness, so it was fun.
Much respect to Radcliffe, for all of the above-mentioned performances and more.
posted by porpoise at 9:31 PM on January 23, 2023 [1 favorite]