Malarkey

Benno’s mom Resi goes to a fashion show where some young dude models. Later, he ends up in a pool pierced through and through and – of course – nobody knows who did it. But Resi was there and so, like she says herself, she becomes a crown witness (as she calls herself) for Benno’s case, which make him twice as angry. But it turns out that the young dude was boning like five Bad Tölz’s magnates’ wives and so the investigation gets a little entangled.

This episode starts with a kids’ party and ends up in a classic murder. The investigation isn’t really that world-shaking and so once again, Benno’s mom talks about how fat he is and that he should finally find a lady, perhaps even one of the junkies. A standard episode.

The Fast and Furious brand isn’t about cars like it used to. It’s not about the races or the smell of burnt tires anymore. Now it’s a brand ensuring high-quality action orgies that may be as dumb as a doorknob, but they have bigger balls than an elephant does. Moreover, they have such a solid casting of action movie actors that I feel like they’ve created a sequel to The Expendables. Personally, I liked Jason Statham the most. He has found himself in his recent roles and he had some amazing lines here. The monstrous actor The Rock comes close second and the entire rest of them follows, including Charlize Theron who was pretty sickening as a villain.

The entire time I was watching, I was thinking that I’ve waited a long time for proper cyber orgies like these. But I’ve realized that apart from gorgeous animations, perfectly edited and rendered city of the future and amazing music, it’s extremely important for a movie to have a soul. And that soul is, amongst other things, created by the actors themselves. But this time, they didn’t exactly manage to do that. Pilou Asbæk and Takeshi Kitano have absolutely amazing roles, but Scarlett Johansson is so awfully stiff that the entire movie ends up being stiff. A shame.

The movie might not be anything extraordinary, but the boy’s relationship with the bird was so essential that it ended up making up the movie’s entire quality, from the beginning till the very end.

In a sacred Celtic place near Bad Tölz, a dude takes two mollies, washes it down with some 30 ounces of wine and in the morning, he wakes up on a sacrifice altar together with a victim. He says he was kidnapped by aliens, driven around a bit and then placed on the altar again. Benno has his doubts and right when his mom’s getting desperate about having very few customers this year, esoterics from all over Germany check into her inn and Bad Tölz suddenly becomes a place of alien appearance. It’s a shame that the investigation is boring because the conclusion with an alleged alien is literally enough to put you in the madhouse.

I binged the entire season in one go and I must say that it’s just as good as the first one. Which – honestly – I was afraid of. But the result is very good and even though a few of the jokes get old due to some repeating lines, there’s still characters you love watching; which is basically everyone in this show. Maybe we’ll even live to see the third season. I think that it’d be remarkable. :-)

Four stars for sure. There’s no other option. I can see that most of the reviewers here judge the entire show, most of which they obviously haven’t even seen. Because it’s a lot of fun. At first, Benno gets dirty with a local Bad Tölz dominatrix who has some exclusive clients. Soon, he finds out that one of her clients is the state councilman whose character is played brilliantly; any gigolo with the best lingerie imaginable could envy those positions. However, the investigation is also very solid and – of course – Benny’s mom has the final say. What’s more, she’s gotten mixed up with some bribe takers and so things get pretty wild. This episode was simply amazing and whoever doesn’t have a laugh is simply lacking a sense of humor.

Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are showing prime acting talent in this movie. On the other hand, there are also Laurence Fishbourne and Michael Sheen who could strike your fancy. It’s basically a pretty intimate sci-fi that’s enticing exactly because of this intimacy. Personally, I was very pleased. Technically precise, brilliant as far as the actors go. The question is: what about the director’s take on this? I hear that that the ending wasn’t for everyone, but I liked it. As for me, I was satisfied and happy for each and every new sci-fi that catches the general public’s interest. Especially when it’s as high-quality as this one.

Somebody tried to be artsy, but it only ended up with me squirming in front of the screen every twenty minutes and wondering what the hell was that supposed to mean.