2025 * R * 1h 32m The best way to describe this unusual film would be "Noir Buddy Flick." It's a bit on the dark side, but quite amusing. The two leads Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jack Quaid are on the screen for about 90% of the film and both deliver phenomenal performances.
Simon (Quaid) has just recently been released from a mental hospital. Even with his meds, he's still only totally lucid about 75% of the time. One day he catches sight of a woman being smacked around and thrown into a van. When he reports this abduction to the police, he's not taken seriously, due to the fact that they discover he's a mental patient. So he turns to his neighbor Ed (Morgan) for help.
Ed's a bitter loner who's recently been fired as the head of security at the local university. He's your typical bossy, alpha male and the two make for an entertaining screwball team. The more digging they do, the more evil criminals they encounter. The film takes a bunch of twists and turns. So hold onto your hats folks--you're in for a wild ride!
4 out of 5 stars
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