When I first heard of The Nice Guys, I looked forward to it with a combination of excitement and trepidation. Writer/director Shane Black was responsible for Lethal Weapon, The Last Boyscout and Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang and the story for this one sounded a little too close to that last one for my liking. Regardless I was looking forward to it as it was Shane Black directing Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe in a comic crime caper written by Black.

It is the 1970s and Gosling is Holland, a frequently drunk private investigator who depends on his 13 year old daughter to periodically drive him around, and Crowe is Jackson, a good guy goon for hire who targets Holland for seeking the whereabouts of a missing woman. This mystery collides with another mystery, the murder of a pornstar, which Holland is also investigating and the two of them, and Holland’s daughter, end up teaming up to solve the various threads, defeat the bad guys and save the day.

The movie is funny. A lot of the action stuff that Black made his name on is sent up here and the story doesn’t go where you expect it to go. I really enjoyed this flick and I think you should see it to. It did not do great in theatres, most likely because it was released during the summer months and was competing against the tentpole, blockbuster flicks that are released at that time. It is a throwback to a time when more affordable, more interesting films were still being made.

Funny Stuff.

-all photos via IMDb.com.

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