Welcome to a new week everyone. So Bride hard, definitely a movie title inspired by the movie Die Hard, but definitely nothing like it. Bride Hard is an action comedy which paints a picture of a female spy by the character Sam being played by Rebel Wilson who also was part of the cast in the popular musical Pitch Perfect. Only she's looking a lot less fat than she used to be. I almost couldn't believe my eyes at the first sight of her. The incredible transformation does look good on her.
Alongside Sam is her best friend Betsy (Anna Camp) who has been friends with her like forever and is about getting married. All this while, Betsy was completely unaware of Sam's identity as a secret agent, but along the way the secret is brought to light. And this happens when the movie hits a major climax as Betsy's wedding is interrupted by a group of mercenaries who came to rob the family of the groom off their Gold.
Honestly, at the beginning of the movie I was already losing interest. The Protagonist which is Sam tried in her role but to me she seemed to lack that badass spy persona she was trying to portray in the movie. More like a wannabe Black widow. I guess maybe it was kind of intentional based on the fact that action and comedy were merged in the movie and it seemed to tilt more on the comedy part than the action. The Antagonist however, which was played by Stephen Dorff totally killed it playing his role. His delivery was on point.
I think where the movie began to get interesting and catch my attention was when the siege commenced at the wedding. Who would've thought that the movie's theme would centre on the day of Sam's best friend's wedding? And even if I did I wouldn't have guessed that it would have anything to do with the groom because up until that point he seemed kind of like the kind of character of major importance.
I could sense that there was obviously a conspiracy and an inside man in their midst but the person I had in mind was a wrong guess. While the actual Judas in their midst was someone I was not expecting at all. Aside the comedy and the action the film also exposes us to the deep connection between Sam and her best friend Betsy. Even though somewhere in the middle of the find their friendship was about to crumble they still managed to restore the bond between them.
There were quite a number of fight scenes which I found funny most of the time. Seeing Chris Hartley on the film made me expect more and something serious from his end especially after seeing him play Green Arrow in the series Smallville. But then, that didn't seem to be the case. I wouldn't say it's a really great movie but then again it's not a bad one. More like a 6 out of 10, that's if I am to rate it. I did find it entertaining for sure. But it's more like a one-time watch movie for me.
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