In 7 words or less: The Hangover but with bosses not booze.
What's it all About? Three silly old friends hate their bosses. One is a slave driver corporate jerk, one is a coke head loser and the odd one out is a woman (Anniston) who is a wild nympho who constantly tries to have sex with her employee (I'm sure many would argue this is not so much a problem - she looks seriously hot in this film, her body is quite impressive and gives me high hopes for my 40s).
The employees get drunk and joke about killing their bosses. Silly old fools. Then their bosses jack up their jerkiness a notch and those fully grown men with homes and lives, decide that joke, was actually a good idea and hatch a plan to murder their bosses. I think there in lies the problem with this plot. I may have missed the mark here but the humorous plot doesn't quite lend itself fully, because at the heart of all is cold hard murder. And yes their bosses are vile but I couldn't quite sit their going 'whoop, whoop, yeah kill him, kill him!'
Best bits? There was a good old fashioned 'accidentally snorted a shed load of coke' scene when they break into one of the bosses houses, which although painfully cliche does still give me a good old chuckle.
Also the bosses were bloody brilliant, K-Spacey, Farrell and Aniston really steal the show. Spacey is frighteningly convincing and also does a good allergic reaction to peanuts. He's a funny man. Jamie Foxx also has a good minor role as 'murder consultant' named Mother Fucker.
Did it make you think thoughts? As a relatively new boss to actual staff I couldn't help but think 'I do hope no one ever plots to kill me'
It's a lighthearted romp with scenes very reminiscent of the hangover where small notches in the plot, ladder and ladder to pure silliness. In fact the whole film seemed like it was hopping on the Hangover bandwagon, very similar sense of humour but not quite as effective with murder and prison hanging over us all.
Would you watch it again? Hmmmm prob not, but it wasn't a wasted view. Although I was on a plane so there are little wasted views on those.
Rating (out of 100%): I'm giving it a 'bossy' 43%. Some giggles but also a few frowns.
