Just how dumb is Channing Tatum's character in Rebecca Blunt's ingenious screenplay? Not dumb at all, it turns out, and nor's his daughter Farrah Mackenzie. And nor's Riley Keough, who plays their cool driver (I was sure that V8 was going to feature in a car chase finale, but refreshingly, it doesn't go that way). Engaging and funny crime caper also features Adam Driver, a blonde Daniel Craig, Katherine Waterston as the itinerant doctor (
Fantastic Beasts and
Inherent Vice), Jack Quaid (son of Dennis and Meg Ryan, divorced) and Brian Gleeson as the other set of brothers, Katie Holmes, Seth MacFarlane (didn't recognise him... oh, the arsehole 'British' promoter), Hilary Swank (giving a curious performance) and whoever plays the black guy from prison.
Blunt is apparently the pseudonym for Mrs Soderbergh Jules Asner. Soderbergh (male) also shot and edited under
his usual pseudonyms. So what with this and the quirky casting and credits ('Introducing Daniel Craig') and screenplay, overall a playful affair.
South Carolina accents so good you can't always understand the dialogue.
Channing's been in
Hail Caesar!, The Hateful Eight, Foxcatcher and
Dear John. Riley was in
American Honey and previous Soderbergh / Tatum collaboration
Magic Mike. She's the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley.
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