GoKawiilWhen was the last time you saw a time travel movie and thought, "That's new!"? Yeah, it's been a while for me, as well. Which is why I'm extra excited about Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, the new gangster crime comedy that hit Hulu on Friday.
If you're like me and feel the need to veg out in front of the TV to some ridiculous ultraviolence, I suggest you give this movie a shot. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it does mash up a whole assortment of genre references into a fun, self-aware crime comedy that, at times, feels reminiscent of the movies that rode Quentin Tarantino's coattails roughly two to three decades ago.
I say that in the same breath as this: If John Wick were a comedy full of silly scenery-chewing performances, it would be Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice.
If you want to avoid further details about the movie, please click away now. There are major story spoilers below.
James Marsden, Eiza González and Vince Vaughn star in Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice. 20th Century Studios
Vince Vaughn, James Marsden and Eiza González star in the film, which was written and directed by Ben-David Grabinski. It follows a criminal enforcer named Mike (Marsden) who's over the gangster lifestyle. Nick (Vaughn), his literal partner in crime, convinces him to do one final job -- and his target is, well, Nick.
But present-day Nick, and not future Nick. I'll explain more in a bit.
You see, Mike is the victim of circumstance, and these specific circumstances have marked him as the one responsible for putting Jimmy Boy (Jimmy Tatro), the son of mob boss, Sosa (Keith David), in prison.
Sosa is such a vengeful baddie that when he tells Nick he hired a cannibal hitman named the Barron to take Mike out, the joy on his face is nearly infectious -- or was, until I remembered that Mike is the guy we're rooting for. Killing people and eating them is pretty much frowned upon.
Keith David stars in Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice. 20th Century Studios
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