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What's the worst that could happen? Probably being forced to watch What's the Worst That Could Happen? from start to finish without a pause button: it's more lame than a three-legged dog. The plot is straightforward enough: two men, each as crooked as the other, come into conflict when petty thief Kevin Caffrey (Martin Lawrence) breaks into the apparently unoccupied beach house of wealthy and unscrupulous businessman Max Fairbanks (Danny DeVito). The house turns out not to be empty: Fairbanks calls the cops, claims that Caffrey has stolen his ring and coolly claims it back in front of his uniformed audience. It's a ring that Caffrey values because it has just been given to him by his new girlfriend Amber (Carmen Ejogo). He's so desperate to get it back that he hounds Fairbanks through the rest of the film, breaking into various Fairbanks properties as he goes.
Words like "zany" and "madcap" could be used in the interests of charity, but actually the film falls flat on its face. Lawrence is certainly no Eddie Murphy and the plot would need an injection of major talent to give it a chance. DeVito yet again relies on his stature to provide the laughs. John Leguizamo plays Caffrey's sidekick as best he can but the fake sheikhs-in-tea-towels scene induces more groans than laughs. This is one for diehard fans of the lead actors only.
On the DVD: What's the Worst That Could Happen? comes to DVD with a choice of two spoken languages (English or French) and many subtitle options. There's also a generous selection of outtakes, an alternative ending, a music video ("Music" by Erick Sermon) and the original theatrical trailer. It's just a shame that the film itself isn't better. --Harriet Smith
DVD Description
DVD Special Features:
Out-takes
Music Video
Theatrical Trailer
Languages: English, French
Subtitles: English, French, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A great family film this has; romance, drama, action, comedy and everything else all rolled into one.
Martin Lawrence is always a funny man and coupled with Danny De Vito these two comedy greats just feed of each other.
Not one scene in this DVD will send you to sleep; and each second new plot twists are sent at you.
This film you can watch over and over again without any problems and it will always keep you amused.
Martin Lawrence is always a funny man and coupled with Danny De Vito these two comedy greats just feed of each other.
Not one scene in this DVD will send you to sleep; and each second new plot twists are sent at you.
This film you can watch over and over again without any problems and it will always keep you amused.
Only one piece of advice can do this film justice: Buy It.
Format:DVD
. . . . that Martin never made this movie (yeah, I said it) I have grown up watching Martin for most of my young life and I was shocked that even his acting talents couldn't save this movie! The storyline was flawed form the outset with a criminal (Lawrence) meeting a female at an auction he was scoping out.Roll on 24 hours later, he's slept with her and she's given him her fathers prized possession as some kind of luck / mushy sentiment. She also has the cheek to get mad at him for admitting he's a thief AFTER she just slept with a guy she doesn't know from Adam. After I got over that irritating part Danny De Vito didn't really play the 'comedic ruthless billionaire' part all too well, which I thoguht he's excel at because he is hilarious. I'm not sure how this movie notched up 4 strs on the Amazon rating list because in my 23 years of watching various genres and studying Drama, I haven't seen anything as wishy washy. The plot was pants, the comedy is very very simple - you'll giggle once or twice at best.
If you're a die-hard Lawrence fan, get ready to be disappointed because I know this wont be staying in my DVD collection for very long :-s
If you're a die-hard Lawrence fan, get ready to be disappointed because I know this wont be staying in my DVD collection for very long :-s
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