The Brothers Grimsby
Director: Louis Leterrier
Year Released: 2016
Rating: 1.5
Estranged brothers Nobby (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Sebastian (Mark Strong) unexpectedly reunite: it turns out Nobby's a hooligan and Sebastian is a secret agent involved in a global conspiracy with terrorist scum (led by Penélope Cruz) trying to poison a soccer arena. It's a Bond spoof (of sorts) - but with a dumb-ass side-kick - that's solely committed to being as gross as possible: sucking toxins out of testicles, elephant semen, rockets up anuses, cunnilingus with an obese maid ... but I'd be fibbing if the elephant fornication scene didn't make me howl with discomfort. The attempt to milk the 'brotherly love' angle for any kind of poignancy - amidst the toilet humor - only works against it.
