Ripped (2017)
Two free-spirited stoners find themselves catapulted into 2016 after smoking some top secret pot created by the CIA in 1986. With 30 years of their lives lost, these now balding and overweight friends use their uncomplicated enthusiasm to get their lives back on track and figure out the modern world.
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It's a mediocre film with a interesting concept very interesting but yet another movie where something is ruined bc the main character has to go all oh this is so wrong with perfect plan is so wrong boohoo i'm going to ruin it all for my stupid morals that all arbitrary anyways this is the worst trope in film history and it disgusts me
Harris (Russell Peters/Vandit Bhatt) and his side kick Reeves (Faizon Love/Kyle Massey) score some super CIA grown alien Area 51 pot on their way to a concert. They wake up 30 years later, hence the pun title...and their van still worked...tires fully inflated...now that was unbelievable. We do the initial shock and adjusting to a new time period routine that should have been funny, but wasn't. Harris drops in on his old girlfriend (Alex Meneses) and has an idea to open a chili-pot restaurant.The film was light on drama and even lighter on comedy. It was a good idea that was squandered. Needed better actors and dialogue.Guide: F-word. Implied sex. No nudity.
Russel Peters is a great comedian and i have followed him for a long time, but this movie really does not portrait he real talent. This story is plain obvious and predictable, the acting does not help the movie any better feels like the whole movie was taken in one shot on an Iphone.
I'm from an era of great smoker movies: the Friday series, How High, Harold and Kumar, Half Baked etc. It's been years watching a stoner movie, so this film came as a big surprise for me.I'm a big fan of Russel Peters' stand up acts and I love Faizon Love movies, both are well established comedians on their own. Combining these 2 comedians with weed makes a good formula for a good time!Of course it isn't as good as the movies I mentioned before, but who cares. Watch it without expectation, you'll be surprised how amusing it is and I wasn't even high myself watching it.It's an alright entertaining flick, don't get too difficult about plots and characters, it's not the point in this film.