Marking the fifth collab between director Peter Berg and
actor Mark Wahlberg, there’s something… different about their chemistry this
time around. It’s yet another bit of Boston brawn, once again giving Wahlberg
the kind of bedrock he needs to give a decent performance, but it’s also a lot
looser than their previous work. I’ve seen this billed as an action-comedy, but
I personally wouldn’t go that far. Apparently, Berg encouraged more
improvisation on-set and playing around with the tone, which admittedly helps
separate this from his more recent work, but as I’ll get into, that’s not
always for the best reasons.
