Washington and Wahlberg buddy up for action-comedy
DENZEL WASHINGTON makes th switch to action-comedy with "2 Guns" about rival cops who are forced to team up after botched attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel.
He plays a veteran drugs-enforcement agent against his co-star, Mark Wahlberg, a Navy Seal working undercover.
It’s a big change for Washington, who’s better known for his roles in such hard-hitting dramas as “Malcolm X”, “Training Day”, “The Hurricane” and last year’s “Flight”, in which he played a heroic but alcohol- and drug-addicted airline pilot.
“I was looking to something to have more fun,” Washington told Agence France-Presse at the New York premiere of “2 Guns”.
It’s directed by Baltasar Kormakur, the Icelandic actor and filmmaker who previously worked with Wahlberg on 2011’s “Contraband”.
Also opening
“Monsters University” – Pixar’s prequel to 2001’s “Monsters Inc” brings back little one-eyed guy Mike and his big furry friend Sully, and covers their relationship in college when they were bitter rivals. Billy Crystal and John Goodman return to the voice cast, which features a host of names, including Helen Mirren and Alfred Molina. Be in your seat on time for the supporting animated short “The Blue Umbrella”.
“Mr Go” – A circus gorilla plays baseball in this South Korean-Chinese special-effects extravaganza. It’s directed by Kim Yong-hwa (“200 Pounds Beauty”) and stars Xu Jiao, the sprightly young actress who made her debut playing a boy in Stephen Chow’s “CJ 7”. It’s Thai-dubbed in 3D in most places, but there’s a 2D version with the original soundtrack and English and Thai subs at SF World Cinema at CentralWorld, SFX the Emporium and SF Cinema City Terminal 21.
“Long Jumnum” (“Pawnshop”) – Krissada “Noi” Sukosol Clapp co-writes and stars in this thriller about a guy who comes up on the wrong end of a bargain with a pawnbroker who deals in the supernatural. Supaksorn Chaimongkol also stars and Parm Rangsi directs. It’s at SF cinemas only.
“Bajatey Raho” – A widow and a wacky array of cohorts are looking for payback after they are taken by a conman. It’s billed as Bollywood’s “first revenge comedy”. Ravi Kishan, Dolly Ahluwalia, Tusshar Kapoor, Vinay Pathak and Ranvir Shorey star. It’s in Hindi with English and Thai subtitles at Major Cineplex Sukhumvit (Ekamai) and Rama III.
Also showing
The Friese-Greene Club – Bangkok’s smallest cinema is screening documentaries all this month, with films about justice on Thursdays, stories of the poor and downtrodden on Fridays and human obsessions on Saturdays. Sundays will be devoted to the classic docs of Frederick Wiseman. Tonight offers the award-winning HBO special “High on Crack Street”. Tomorrow has “When We Were Kings”, covering the “Rumble in the Jungle” between boxing greats Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Wiseman’s “Juvenile Court” shows on Sunday. Show times are 8 nightly. Bookings are recommended. For details, visit www.FGC.in.th.
“L’esquive” (“Games of Love and Chance”) – Next Wednesday at 7.30pm at the Alliance Francaise Bangkok is Abdellatif Kechiche’s award-winning 2004 drama about North African teenagers in suburban Paris.
