Following Darcy (Lopez) and tom (Josh Duhamel), a couple getting married abroad on an island in the Philippines, is Shotgun Wedding. Darcy, who preferred eloping with her fiance but insisted on the ideal vacation wedding, is the furthest thing from a bridezilla. tom suffers with feeling unworthy and uses the wedding as a release for his anxiety, worrying about every little thing. The ideal day has finally arrived, but when pirates invade the wedding, everything goes wrong. To live and keep their family and relationship intact, Darcy and tom must now take every possible action.


Despite having a plot that is ideal for an action comedy, Shotgun Wedding never really takes off. In order to create an entertaining action romp with two characters whose romance viewers should believe in at its centre, screenwriter Mark Hammer and director Jason Moore overlooked certain essential elements. The secret ingredient that makes the in-between times enjoyable, interesting, and entertaining must be the chemistry between the stars, their on-screen family, and visitors. Along with some subpar action and poor utilisation of a stunning setting, Shotgun Wedding stumbles.


There is no denying that Jennifer Lopez works as hard as anyone in the business, but she is getting less and less good projects off the ground. Even while her acting career hasn't always resulted in blockbusters, there are some timeless performances that are in the mix thanks to her endearing personality and, well, her beauty. The attempts to showcase some of her defining characteristics in Shotgun Wedding fall flat. Nothing in this movie is tailored to her tastes or abilities.


In the end, Shotgun Wedding is a film about two untrained shooters who go full Mr. and Mrs. Smith on a squad of terrorists and manage to escape unharmed. The situation's absurdity needs to be turned up to eleven in order to be hilarious and engaging. There are a few amusing passages and running gags that make you chuckle, but there isn't much that keeps your interest. It's already problematic that Lopez is portraying a character named Darcy and that the most of the "bad men" are nondescript individuals of colour. The bad acting, directing, and, most damning of all, the ensemble cast, though, are what sink this whole project.


Shotgun Wedding has a few enjoyable moments. Lenny Kravitz, Coolidge, and Lopez all put in a herculean effort to make the script they are handed into something worthwhile. The takeaway from this is that studios must go above and above to make sure their films are, at the very least, good as movie expenditures get grotesquely out of control. That was obviously not taking place here.

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30/01/2023 12:52 PM