CHIPS (2017)

This is...a really odd adaptation of a TV show. It's definitely not a homage? God no. I doubt you can call something that turns the original characters into a literal wanker and a derelict cuck who can't even walk on a rainy day, a "homage." Is it a parody? 40 years too late, and with no attempt at all to capture unique aspects of the show? The movie does a better job than most at establishing characters and make them somewhat likeable, in particular Jon Baker, but it's better appreciated if you were not a fan of the show at all. The humor is more miss than hit, irritating with the juvenile jokes going for 'shock' value, and the script is all over the place, with Vincent D'Onofrio utterly wasted but bringing the only memorable shade of a support character. Not a movie to avoid like the plague as Dax Shepard did a solid job directing and starring (if you can get into his underdog character, zany as he is, the movie won't lose you along the way) and you may be fascinated by finding out how many possible ways to spit on an old franchise one could cram into a single movie, but not a pretty, or funny, movie by any mean.

Sammo ★