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(More customer reviews)I don't get it. The movie was on the long side and I found it difficult to stay awake during the latter half. Luke Wilson, who I absolutely love, was in my opinion badly miscast. He in any form would have a difficult time convincing me as a character that could stand up to the mob, of any sort or size. Setting that flaw aside, the movie meandered along through most of the scenes in a monotone soliloquy, narrated by our miscast actor, who plays the main character. Other than flashing a few breasts now and then, there was really little suspense, drama, or enticement. I will say that the story was intriguing and if it had been better cast and directed, it might have drawn me into the movie a little better.
Luke Wilson plays Jack Harris, an all around fix it man. If you have a problem with your business, you call Jack and he will fix it for you. Giovanni Ribisi and Gabriel Macht are two guys that own a business, and they are doing a fantastic job of screwing it up. You see the internet is just getting off of the ground and nobody has any idea how to capitalize from it. These two brilliant idiots figure out how to charge credit cards online for viewers who want to watch a little porn. Not a bad business plan as we know all too well today.
Their first problem is how to get the porn. So they enlist the Russian mob to help them out. The Russian mob happens to own a strip club and they are all about broadcasting nudity over the web, as long as they get a very large cut of the funds. Our two heroes start out well, but they get a little to intrigued stuffing drugs up their noses and the next thing they know, the mob is threatening to kill them. Are you following along? Somehow a very very very old looking James Caan hooks them up with Luke Wilson and he rides in to save their asses.
Unfortunately Luke pisses off James Caan by cutting him out of the deal, accidently pisses off the Russian mafia by snuffing a guy out, and generally has his hands full with the two idiots who started the business to begin with. Throw in the fact that he is made of flesh and blood and gets a little too caught up in the smoking hot women side of things, and you have a melting pot that is ready to explode, it is just a matter of time.
The story is intriguing and it has more naked breasts than any movie I can think of in a long time (not that this is my barometer for a good movie), but it was just too much on the slow and boring side. It seems I might be in the minority but when I looked around the theater, very few people were sitting up in their seats. Most of them were fighting to keep their eyes open.
I would give it a mediocre rating, three stars at best. If you wait to watch it on DVD you would be better served than seeing this one in the theater. Just don't drink too much wine before viewing it; you might wake up to see the credits rolling by having slept through the main feature.
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Middle Men (2010)In 1995, everyone had a VCR, music was sold in record stores, and the world wide web was a newfound discovery. Businessman Jack Harris (Luke Wilson) had the perfect life - a beautiful family and a successful career fixing problem companies. Then he met Wayne Beering (Giovanni Ribisi) and Buck Dolby (Gabriel Macht), two genius but troubled men, who had invented the way adult entertainment is sold over the internet. When Jack agrees to help steer their business, he soon finds himself caught between a 23-year-old porn star and the FBI, all the while becoming one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs of his time. Witness a story so outrageous, you won't believe it's true. A story that proves business is a lot like sex: getting in is easy, pulling out is hard.
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