Love Hurts Review

 

Love Hurts is an action comedy movie, it's produced by 87North Productions with Universal Pictures distributing. The story is written by Matthew Murray, Josh Stoddard, and Luke Passmore, with Jonathan Eusebio not only directing but making his directorial debut.

The story is, things are great for Marvin Gable. Not only is he a successful realtor but he was just awarded the highest honor for his hard work. But his past comes back when the woman he fell in love with ask for his help. Now, Marvin must become his old dangerous self again.

Initial Reaction

Now this was on My Most Anticipated list because 87North just brings some exciting action flicks. So when I found out about this movie, I just had to see it.

Cons

The only thing I truly hated about the movie was the romance between Marvin and Rose. It's mainly because the writers made Rose a terrible love interest. She's only in this for herself and because of that Marvin's life is ruined. He can never go back to the realtor job he loved so much, he has no choice but to go back to his old crime life. And it's not like the writers were making a cautionary tale about love, no, they truly want you to believe this is a romantic story. Sure Rose is hot, but sometimes a man has gotta take a step back and realize, "Nope. That fine ass is not worth it".

Middle Ground

There's three gray areas, let's start first with the comedy. I'll admit some parts did get a laugh out of me, but there were instances where I was just sitting there in silence because a joke or moment just wasn't funny. Then there's the performances. Ke Huy Quan did a fantastic job. He was the perfect balance of comedy and badass. If he ever does more action-comedies I can definitely see him being the new Jackie Chan. Everybody else's performances, they're fine. They didn't blow me away, but they got the job. Then there's the story. I didn't hate it. It has some entertainment to it, but I will admit it was standard. Sure I've reviewed movies like that before, but those still had more to offer. This one only has a bit of that.

Pros

Now to move onto the truly good aspects. One being the action. The story might not be the strongest, but I can't deny that the action was very fun. This is also a very fast paced movie. Whether you love it, hate it, or just think it's okay, regardless of your feelings, at least it's a breeze to get through.

So while I didn't hate Love Hurts, as far as 87North action flicks go, this is definitely one I'm not gonna immediately want to revisit again.

My final rating is, Okay.

That's all for now. Come back on Monday, Feb 10th, for my Cinematic Disaster review of Vampires Suck. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.