A comedy starring Kevin James usually isn't something I'm interested in. But then I saw the trailer that netflix shoved down my throat and I decided "why not".
I gotta say I was positively surprised.
Especially the beginning was really fun, great action sequences, intercut with James wondering how to write the story. The action was shot well, I somehow actually believed James could pull this off.
It lost me storywise when his character was kidnapped by terrorists who believed he was the real deal. Everything happening afterwards just feels unrelistic. I also don't really like stories about normal people being mistaken for someone else and then having to do that job.
But if we suspend our disbelief for that whole part it was still fun. I liked that they incoporated his research and actual training so that it looks at least a bit more realistic. It's kind of like the Da Vinci Code in that regard.
The comedy is alright. It was not one where they throw jokes into your face until you give up, it wasn't as much comedy as I expected. And I'm really happy there were no Kevin James slapstik moments, but he actually felt like a competent human being.
All in all while this is not a masterpiece it surely is watchable. It's something to watch on the side, or maybe to come down after watching an Ingmar Bergman marathon. I'm rating True Memoirs of an International Assassin 3 out of 5 stars.
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