'72 Hours' Review: More 'Red Notice' Than 'Hangover'
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- '72 Hours' is a Netflix comedy directed by Tim Story starring Kevin Hart as Joe, a middle-aged advertising executive who joins four younger men's Miami bachelor party after being accidentally added to their group chat.
- The approximately 1 hour 45 minute film co-stars Marcello Hernández, Mason Gooding, Kam Patterson, and Ben Marshall as the fraternity brothers, with Hernández repeatedly pointing out how odd it is that Hart is on the trip.
- The plot includes the group accidentally stealing 30 kilos of cocaine from a cartel boss, plus a subplot in which Hart's character turns into a Spanish-speaking drug lord while on cocaine.
- The reviewer compares the film unfavorably to 'Red Notice' rather than 'The Hangover,' criticizing its 'noxious blend of action and comedy that plagues so many direct-to-streaming movies.'
- The reviewer calls the film 'far from the worst Netflix original comedy' but says it 'never tries to be much more than a flashy consumer product,' while praising the tagline 'He puts the unc in uncool' as brilliant.
Why it matters: IndieWire's reviewer compared the film to 'Red Notice' rather than 'The Hangover,' arguing it suffers from the 'noxious blend of action and comedy that plagues so many direct-to-streaming movies.' The takeaway: another Kevin Hart vehicle the reviewer calls 'far from the worst Netflix original comedy' but one that 'never tries to be much more than a flashy consumer product.'
