Part comedy part action, Guns Akimbo is an action rollercoaster that blends cartoonish violence, humor and some social commentary of modern society. A computer programmer called Miles played by Daniel Radcliffe finds himself in a deadly competition streamed online. He wakes up with guns bolted to his hands and has to kill the reigning champion Nix (Samara Weaving) and save his ex girlfriend from Skizm, the criminal organisation that forced him into the game.
The positives of this movie are Daniel Radcliffe as the clueless Miles and Samara Weaving as the dopped up sociopathic killer trying to eleminate him. Some of the action scenes are well done but overall the violence does gets very cartoonish and unbelievable. The movie is way too unrealistic and tries to offer social commentary about how people are glued to their mobile devices and desensitized to extreme violence. The humor is also hit and miss at times and the levels of violence will not appeal to everyone. If you think of movies like Crank and Shoot Em Up you will get an idea of what kind of movie to expect.
Worth a watch with suspension of disbelief but not to be taken very seriously.
The positives of this movie are Daniel Radcliffe as the clueless Miles and Samara Weaving as the dopped up sociopathic killer trying to eleminate him. Some of the action scenes are well done but overall the violence does gets very cartoonish and unbelievable. The movie is way too unrealistic and tries to offer social commentary about how people are glued to their mobile devices and desensitized to extreme violence. The humor is also hit and miss at times and the levels of violence will not appeal to everyone. If you think of movies like Crank and Shoot Em Up you will get an idea of what kind of movie to expect.
Worth a watch with suspension of disbelief but not to be taken very seriously.