The Rock Dwayne Johnson and Chris Rock bring us this latest comedy offering. Being a pretty basic "buddy-cop/reluctant-partners" type comedy, this movie has the slight twist that the Rock is a buddy cop and Chris Rock is a reluctant-partner. Trying to mash together these 2 tropes, Central Intelligence does entertain but comes up feeling quite empty.
Dwayne plays a former bullied school kid who has turned into a CIA agent. The former School Captain Chris Rock is now living life as a middle-management accountant (after being voted most likely to succeed). Dwayne needs some help and goes to Chris Rock. However, other forces are also after Dwayne to bring him in.
This movie pretty much puts the two main characters in a bunch of situations and relies on them doing what they do best. Chris Rock is a fast-mouthed, reluctant hero cynical of allot of stuff. Dwayne Johnson is a bit of a muscled oaf but deadly underneath his apparent jovial demeanour. And their are a bunch of inside jokes about their careers and past roles.
However, after all the jokes, the movie just feels hollow. There is no real character arc (apart from a mid-life crisis which doesn't really go anywhere). At the conclusion, apparent arcs get resolved without any kind of resolution and the whole idea of the story just feels like lip-service. This movie entertains, but doesn't really satisfy at the end of the day.
2 out of 5 Undercover Waffles.
