Friday, June 5, 2015

REVIEW - Entourage

Based loosely on the exploits of Mark Wahlberg and his entourage as he rose to stardom, this used to be one of our favorite TV shows.

This movie version, 7 years after the TV series, seemed full of the same crew who now appear over the hill, but still full of the same material. Not only did they seem beyond their sell by date, but the babes were all leathery from too much sun, fake-boobed and neurotic.

Then there were the cameos: everyone from Warren Buffet, Mark Cuban, Gary Busey, Bob Saget, Andrew Dice Clay, and a hundred other non-celebrities. Every one of them could have been, and should have been nixed.

And don't get me started on the dreadful product placement: from Avion Tequila, to Johnny Drama Black Label Whisky, through to the unforgivable replacement of the crew's TV Aston Martins with revolting, plasticky Cadillacs.

Don't get me wrong: the film is funny, but there's nothing new here that wasn't already covered in the TV series.

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