Louis Leterrier's Grimsby has one good idea: an untrained civilian who gets their hands on a gun and finds themselves completely nonplussed by their first acts of murder. It's a surprisingly effective piece of comedy. But everything else about Grimsby was just inexcusable. There's good bad taste and bad bad taste. But this film? This is stupid bad taste. Most of the jokes aren't even funny, they're just shocking. The jokes feel like set-ups for punchlines. But you know what the worst part is? The way it degrades amazing, talented actors and actresses of color. Gabourey Sidibe and Barkhad Abdi all get turned into grotesque stereotypes for the sake of half-baked comedy. Penélope Cruz acts out one of the most boring heel-turns in recent cinema. She feels under-utilized. Maybe if this film was just a little bit funny I could give these things a begrudging pass. But they aren't. So I can't.
2/10
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