"Wir können auch anders..." or "No More Mr. Nice Guy" or "Unternehmen Viktor" is a German 90-minute comedy from 1993, so this one is already almost 25 years old. The director is Detlev Buck, one of Germany's most successful filmmakers and he also worked on the script, namely on adapting the book by Ernst Kahl. Kahl is also not entirely unknown as he worked on the famous pretty good partially animated movie "Werner Beinhart". But back to this one here. you can probably call kit a road movie and it is (mostly) a comedy. The cast includes Joachim Król, Horst Krause and Sophie Rois and all 3 are still quite successful today, even if they may have been more famous a couple years ago, especially Król and Krause. I like other stuff I have seen from Buck, but this one here did not impress me that much. I also like him as an actor, but sadly in this one he only has a small cameo. As for Król and Krause, they aren't bad and have solid chemistry. But I am quite a fan of Krause and the fact that I only call him decent may also imply that others will be even more underwhelmed. But Konstantin Kotljarov, who plays one of the biggest characters as well left me kinda unimpressed and I am not too surprised that he did not return to film acting afterward. And my perception of Sophie Rois is that I am not a fan at all and it's difficult for me to like a film where she plays the biggest female part that involved romance of course too. So basically the other way around as I said with Krause. It's all subjective in this case. As for the plot, it's mostly comedy, but there are dramatic moments too, which is Buck's approach all the time. And there are moments when the film works and when it was a solid watch. Buck was 30 when he made this one and it was still relatively early in his career. But he was also already somewhat experienced, not just through short films. I would say Buck showed promising talent at times, but was still quite a while away from his peak. Overall, I give this film a thumbs-down and I don't recommend checking it out. It is not a failure and there aren't any really disastrous components, but it's also far from being good enough for me to suggest you to check it out.
Review of No More Mr. Nice Guy
