Hail, Rubish!

Rating: 5/10 (9 March 2017)

Great visuals mean nothing if the acting is so wooden. The superb cast has been utilized for nothing but their names. The cowboy's lassoing was probably the only highlight of the whole movie. Channing Tatum danced quite alright but he was no Gene Kelly. It felt like a Wes Anderson movie but somehow this technique works in his movies alone.
There is no discernible plot. What I could make out is that Clooney's character gets kidnapped by the communist section of the film industry and the demand for money was not really out of desperation as they have plenty of money. To Clooney some stupid explanation was given and the delusional Clooney accepts it and after being released repeats all that his captors have told him to Brolin, the Hollywood fixer who just slaps him to snap him out of it. I guess what everyone making this movie needed was a good slap like that to snap them out of this.
Scarlett's character has a baby with a father who left and a single mum is going to result in a career-ending situation. Somehow Tatum was part of the communist film industry and the cowboy out of the blue seeing him with a briefcase which could mean anything really, decides to pursue him. The cowboy rescues Clooney while all his kidnappers were giving a send-off to their beloved communist hero Tatum who was headed to Moscow in a submarine. The dog was funnier than anyone there. It abruptly ends like it was just another day in showbiz not to be mistaken with the movie being short as it dragged on painfully.
Not a horrible movie but not a good one either. All effort was directed at the set but none on the script and dialogue.