On Netflix, The Man From Toronto is effective, fun, and nothing else

the typical friends moviesthe one in which two antagonistic characters end up by force and necessity, in a relationship of friendship / company / mutual help or other, the man of toronto (Netflix) fulfills his desire to entertain, with a rather retro story and way of being filmed.

Furthermore, it is a film supported more by the interpretations than by the plot or dialogue.

Teddy Jackson (Kevin Hart, very prolific for the Netflix catalog – he has some very funny stand-ups, by the way-) is a normal guy, for whom nothing is good, except that he keeps the love of his wife. He uploads online videos of inventions or fitness classes (he works in the gym), which have 7 views and 3 comments. He’s a mess, and what’s more, he’s fired from his job.

With such bad luck that when he finally plans a holiday to celebrate his wife’s birthday, he has little toner in the printer (whatsapp only uses it to talk to her) and, seeing the address of the cabin he rents, he steps forward to surprise Lori (Jasmine Mathews, from the war of tomorrow), and ends up in one where they were waiting for the Toronto Man.

Confusion

Who, of course, is not only not him, but he is a hitman, a fearsome guy like the one who is hired to extract information from people through torture. And some victims, just listening to what he tells them he will do to them with his knives, drop everything until he touches them.

That the Toronto Man is played by Woody Harrelsonalmost 30 years later Killers by naturewe don’t know if it’s a wink, but the actor’s The hunger games Y Poison: carnage unleashed He does so with minimal gestures, few words and a dryness that contrasts with Hart’s magnificence.

Comedy of misunderstandings, one after another, it’s not even worth telling what Teddy and the man from Toronto should do together. It does not matter. Hart is the protagonist and Australian Patrick Hughes (director of The mercenaries 3and of difficult to cure and his sequel, starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson) knows that if he sets the pace in the fight scenes and leaves the camera fixed when it’s the actor’s turn to do the comedy in the new Jumanji Y Paternityscope.

Harrelson, shaved, has supplanted another bald man, Jason Statham, in this blockbuster that cost Sony $ 75 million: silver is not seen much, apart from a few car explosions; It will be in Hart and Harrelson’s bank accounts and will premiere directly via Netflix streaming.

Kaley Cuoco (Penny in The Big Bang Theory and protagonist of The flight attendant) passes like lightning in the cast (he had previously worked with Hart on groomsmen hireor The wedding ringer), almost like a reappearance of Ellen Barkin.

“The man from Toronto”

Good

Comedy / Action. United States, 2022. Original title: “The man from Toronto”. 110 ‘, SAM 13. Of: Patrick Hughes. With: Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Jasmine Mathews, Kaley Cuoco. Available in: Netflix.