Nice Guys is no Kiss Kiss, but still goes Bang Bang!

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2016)

No spoilers ahead- Writer/Director Shane Black has returned from the highly underrated Marvel film, Iron Man 3, with The Nice Guys. The film is extremely entertaining and had me laughing throughout the entire 110min run time. I did myself a favor and only watched the first trailer for The Nice Guys. This allowed most of the comic skits to play out unseen by myself and hit hard for me! I feel the chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe was on point, with much of their adventure together being more entertaining on screen then when they were not on screen together. Don't get me wrong, both Gosling and Crowe are master performers, but together they really shine! I feel the plot of the film was a little hard to keep up with all the pieces, but overall the film closed all those loose ends up. The Nice Guys definitely deserves a second watch while in theaters to grab onto anything I may have missed during my first screening. One of the best parts was the ending. Because today's films are always looked at as possible film franchises, The Nice Guys does not shy from this, but is wrapped up and president as a stand alone film. However, the ending does leave us with an out to bring in sequels, with brand new stories staring these two private investigators. The 70s setting is a great time period to place a film franchise, and even in this first film the writes remind us it's not so easy to phone someone when you don't have cell phones in the 70s. I really love how the writers used the time placement to play on the story. Definitely check this film out, if you haven't already. Overall, I highly recommend this film! Spoiler alert, this film is not a child friendly film.