The Gist:
It isn't bad enough that Aaron is stuck in a dead end job leading groups of retired women on movie themed tours around Austin. On his latest tour he has to deal with a hunky but annoying van driver, drug dealers, scorpions, henchmen, cops, tarantulas, rattlesnakes, and pretty much most of Texas, all trying to put him out of his misery. Aaron decides he’d rather not die and starts fighting back.
Comments with Spoiler:
If the sound were stable enough to consistently hear dialogue over background music. If the night scenes were shot in such a way that I could see what was happening. If the action “shoot out” scenes were done more believably. If all these were true, would I actually like the movie? Maybe?
I tell myself that as long as there is a good story I can look past technical faults associated with low budget indie movies. Unfortunately, with this movie on top of the technical issues, there’s questionable acting, a weak plot that works only by having characters making one stupid decision after another, and most importantly, that I’m not necessarily predisposed to liking action movies, even one where the "good guys" spend just as much time trying to get into each other’s pants as they do shooting at bad guys.
That last bit counts as a spoiler by the way. While dealing with what feels like most of Texas out to get him, Aaron ends up arguing/flirting with a hot Latino van driver, making this a movie where the male leads f*ck the idea of platonic bromance action flick to death. Unfortunately for them, they are saddled with a recurring joke that every time our boys start to get it on, a shoot out soon follows.
If watching attractive men occasionally making out in badly light night scenes is enough incentive to put up with many assorted technical, plot, and acting “issues,” then the movie is worth a try... Maybe.
Women:
An annoying wife, a grandmother and a tour group of older women. All minor characters, who seem to exist solely for comedy relief. Athough frankly they are not that funny.
People of color:
Some tour group women, some henchmen, and the Latino van driver.
Gratuitous Nudity:
“Sexy” shower scenes and a quick flash of full frontal when we learn that our Latino van driver goes “commando”… because character underwear status is important in action flicks?
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