Money Plane (2020)

[hebmskebm 7]

The IMDb synopsis reads: A professional thief with $40 million in debt and his family's life on the line must commit one final heist - rob a futuristic airborne casino filled with the world's most dangerous criminals.

But really Kelsey Grammer tells you everything you need to know in this 15 second clip:

Also, along with Kelsey and Edge, this movie features Denise Richards, Thomas Jane, and all three of the Lawrence Brothers (AND it's written and directed by Andrew Lawrence). Just some dumb, fun, direct to video action released just last week to help get us through the pandemic. I think this would make a great episode in the "Hurricane Heist" vein.

[CNU2007 16]

This isn't even on Redbox yet (Aug 4), but yeah I saw a preview for it and it seems like the type of film that has some promise for a HDTGM episode. But has anyone seen it yet?
Robbing a casino on a plane!

 

[SlidePocket 707]

Next episode!

[theworstbuddhist 572]

There is a rich vein of bad movies to be mined if we start doing films that star WWE/WWF people, apart from The Rock obviously. The Marine films alone...

[MarkWotton 5]

Wow how bad was this. Right off the bat in the stinger I thought to myself, who shot this turd? It was lit like a student film, then I saw the DP’s name and thought, yup that’s about right. I’ve known this guy for about 10 years, this is his best work.  

Do you think that they shot Kelseys stuff in one day at his house? I was surprised at how much Thomas Jane was in it though. 

This is what happens when you grow up in the shadow of your way more talented And successful older brother. 

I can’t wait to get your take on this 

[MichaelKatsimbris 6]

As someone who's seen movies made by / produced by / financed by / backed by the WWE, this was beyond the pale. 

It's difficult to even start on the performances of the cast (and I'm sorry Edge / Adam Copeland, but this includes you) because the rest of the film that surrounds him is so surprisingly poor. And to that point, maybe a lot of the blame is to the director and writing. Ugh, there's just so much going wrong here.

Right, so:

• bad effects: the guns shots are given light and spark by CGI. Blood is done by CGI
• bad thought-out effects sequences (a gun being held / moved / shot by a a low-cost drone). 
• bad effects cause continuity errors; in one scene a man is stabbed and blood is shown, then after a shot change, the blood is gone.
• A few characters are only shown in just one area. Adam Copeland's character spends a lot of his time in the cockpit, which I find strange for the top billed actor of the movie.
• The score doesn't match the gravity of what's happening: in one scene a man dies by playing Russian Roulette with himself, and while it's a hokey performance by a Lawrence brother (I think that's who it was), I still don't understand why you'd play such a light, or, comedic score to a man who dies.
• Did anyone else notice that Kelsey Grammar needed a haircut? It happens to many men who don't wear long hair. So, the lower back of the head develops ruffled hair that is usually shaved off after a hair cut. And here, it's quite prominent. I just find it odd to have this be a thing.
• When Patrick Lamont is pretending to be McGillcutty, the movie plays a funny trope done before, but that I still like. A man who is either new to, or doesn't want to, gamble seems to be on a non stop winning streak. And it doesn't go anywhere. Usually movies use this to wrap up a story, or give a character a win after they lose everything (Like Vegas Vacation with Chevy Chase, where Ethan Embry, Rusty, wins a bunch of cars, and they use them to leave at the end). And the comedy of it never lands, of course. They're trying to make too many jokes.

I think this is a movie that would happen if I thought I could write and produce a movie, and had the means to. I would think of all these ideas and just patch them together and go with it. Just, wow. Anyway, that's all I got for now; I can't wait until they sink their teeth into this.