In terms of action comedies, this is pretty formulaic. Anthony Hopkins plays the seasoned CIA handler and Chris Rock plays twin brothers. The first is a CIA agent who gets killed while setting up a sting. Of course, the CIA then finds the long lost twin who is a street hustler and trains him to play the role of the now dead brother in order to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists. Hopkins is steady, but not outstanding. Probably because there is not a lot of room for him to be outstanding. The film seems to be designed for Rock to use his comedic talents to play a hustler playing straight, and all that goes into a "fish out of water". While it is capable, there is nothing outstanding or hilarious here. Well worth the amount I paid to stream it from Netflix.
3 stars (out of 5)
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