SWEETIE, YOU WON’T BELIEVE IT (2020)

 

Directed & Edited By: Yernar Nurgailyev Written By: Yernar Nurgailyev, Zhandos Ai Bassov, Daniyar Sostanbayev, Il’Yas Toleu, Anuar Turizhigitov & Alosher Utev  Cinematography: Azamat Dulatov 

Cast: Daniyar Alshinov, Abel Kalyeva, Azamat Makienov, Yerlan Primbetov, Dulyga Almolda, Ahmet Sakatov, Rustem Zahnyamanov

Dastan can no longer stand the constant nagging of his highly pregnant wife and decides to run away for at least one day with his friends. The men go fishing, which would have gone smoothly, if not for a series of unforeseen events.

Like the Russian film, WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE this film is violent out of nowhere but also usually in the middle of a highly ridiculous comedic scene. This is definitely a fun film that will have you laughing or at least giggling throughout.

As both films just are so over the top and pack so much in such a little concept that they go miles with it and it never feels like it is getting stretched too far 

So that the film feels almost like a live-action cartoon only with real-life consequences. Though the film has so much zany energy and out-of-nowhere moments. That it is hard to dislike the film. It feeds off the fear of what’s the worst that could happen and what is out there in the unknown of nature.

As it never seems to let you rest. As soon as the road trip starts it gets worse and worse. As well as funnier and funnier. 

Some jokes come across as long or expected but there is plenty all through that is unexpected. Though as fast and furious as this film is, it allows the jokes to land and spread before moving onto another one. 

None of this is meant to be taken seriously and might remind the audience of the whatever can go wrong will go wrong movies of the 1980s only with a more well-known veteran comedic cast.

Here this is a foreign gun production that screams for an American remake. Which I doubt will do the justice that this film does. As part of the humor might be that it takes place on foreign soil which is foreign for the audience. Especially when it comes to actions and reactions.

Though the film is violent it’s not so much gratuitous to an unbearable degree, but one would categorize it as a splatter comedy. 

The film does live up to it’s title and serves as a final line and a summation of the film. 

Grade: B