Les gorilles France 2015 – 81min.

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Les gorilles

Movie Rating: Hela Khamarou

Alfonso (Joey Starr), a blasé and brutal bodyguard who works for the Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités, is forced to team up with Walter (Manu Payet), a young inexperience recruit who is fascinated with the world of show-biz. This improbable duo is charged with protecting a young R'n'B star who has been threatened by her ex, a criminal on the run.

This action comedy by Tristan Aurouet (Les Lascars, Narco) puts together a fierce first-time team: Joey Starr, who seems to be on screen more than behind a mike these days, and Manu Payet, a romcom staple and king of physical comedy. Although the team of opposites shtick has been done almost to death, the two make this movie work. Starr is very convincing as the professional whose patience is being tried by his dorky partner, and Payet gives him lots to work with. The result is a barrage of adventures and humorous situations, and the two seem ready to burst out laughing at every turn, with subtlety set aside for good fun – a buddy movie with a nice punch line.

31.05.2021

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