CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
It spent the first twenty minutes in mind numbing set-up. As someone who holds to the ‘Ten Minute Rule’ (if it doesn’t present itself as a good comedy or action-drama or horror… within the first ten minutes, it’s very unlikely it will do so thereafter), I was surprised to see this show come-back and provide a steady flow of light and mild humor to the end.
The budget obviously wasn’t enormous but the cast was likeable and on-point.
Hart did a fine job, but having two non-white characters tended to create yet another racial-demonization situation. After DARING to think that a predator might be a predator, the most horrible and unforgivable evil in the world is the “epidemic” of cruel bullying by every white guy on the planet. Just what we need now. Jason Bateman might have done better as the straightman to Johnson, without the hate-mongering issue (assuming they wanted to avoid it.) It might have increased the odd-couple factor, as well.
On the plus side, we all learn that the new CIA is made up of people of color who understand the plight of those who know that every school yard tiff is a horror beyond description and entirely the fault of straight white guys and not whiney effeminate self-righteous pricks. Sure makes those who DARE to worry about the billions of people devastated by self-righteous homosexuals look evil and stupid, huh?
It worked in a very mild way, but I hope there is no sequel.