The most important thing to know about this film is that it really only gets going in the third act, both in terms of comedy and gore/violence. Before that there are some jokes and some blood but for the most part it is pretty tame and lame, although the story and characters remain solid throughout.
As a movie it is definitely entertaining, it does threaten to turn into a cliché, especially in terms of the love interest having no redeemable features since they are used to garner sympathy for the main. However in the end that doesn't happen and the film is actually pretty refreshing in how it handles things in terms of plot and overall resolution. Although the end does feel a bit rushed, but not enough to mar the whole experience.
Overall there is a lot more to like about this movie than dislike. It's unfortunate that most of the real laughs come two-thirds into the runtime, but as a whole the movie works and you could almost see it as a parallel for the breaking free of a corporate environment: things start off pretty generic and orderly and then gradually become more and more off-the-wall and original. I'm not sure if that's what the film-maker was going for but that's how it plays out; the first half is the dry tinder that fuels the fire of the second, so give it a chance and let it have room to breathe.
As a movie it is definitely entertaining, it does threaten to turn into a cliché, especially in terms of the love interest having no redeemable features since they are used to garner sympathy for the main. However in the end that doesn't happen and the film is actually pretty refreshing in how it handles things in terms of plot and overall resolution. Although the end does feel a bit rushed, but not enough to mar the whole experience.
Overall there is a lot more to like about this movie than dislike. It's unfortunate that most of the real laughs come two-thirds into the runtime, but as a whole the movie works and you could almost see it as a parallel for the breaking free of a corporate environment: things start off pretty generic and orderly and then gradually become more and more off-the-wall and original. I'm not sure if that's what the film-maker was going for but that's how it plays out; the first half is the dry tinder that fuels the fire of the second, so give it a chance and let it have room to breathe.