Well, everything you do is questionable (Murder Mystery 2019)

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Murder Mystery

7/10

Back at it with the letter 'M' and it brings us two cast members that I've recently watched in another movie. Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston are going to be working together once again but unlike 'Just go with it', they are already married in this one. I have to admit this wasn't the movie originally on my list but Netflix forced my hand by removing 'Mercury Rising' from their streaming service. I'll have to watch that another time. I was pretty impressed with the chemistry of Sandler and Anniston in their last outing so I'm intrigued if they can keep it up. Additionally, I have just watching Law Abiding Citizen and am in the mood to fail at solving another couple fo murders, that's for sure. 

I had wondered how the story would play out from the moment I clicked go. There had to be a level of comedy with the first two cast members listed but there was still going to be a sense of seriousness considering the topic. I'm not going to try and reveal too much as I'd hate to read about the answers to a crime story before I had the chance to guess myself so let's keep it nice and simple. The main couple, Nick and Audrey have been married a while now and need a vacation. Audrey is a Hairdresser whilst Nick is a cop, who keeps failing his tests to be a detective. Instead, he lies to Audrey about his promotion and the spouses end up heading off to Europe for their very very late honeymoon. Whilst on the flight, Nick is outers whilst Audrey sneaks into the Upper-Class bar and meets Luke Evans' character, Charles Cavendish. Audrey even mentions that his name sounds like a bad guy from the novels she reads. He's my first suspect, even though nothing has happened yet.

 He invites them both to his uncle's yacht which will sail for Monaco and gives us a little back story regarding the uncle. He is worth $70 million or so and also stole Charles' fiance and 'wifed' her up. Once they arrive at the yacht they are introduced to more family members, an actress and Formula 1 driver, all who have earned their living with thanks to this old rich bloke. Problem is, he's now going to cut ties and scrap his will so that it now his new wife gets the lot. Obviously, it isn't going to go down well. As he is signing, the light pop off and once they come back on, he's got a dagger in his chest. We now have a race for the American couple to explain why they were ever on the yacht whilst everyone else claims it was them. 

Several bodies drop, some places are visited but the married couple are still the main suspects for the police, although we as viewers know differently. It's now all about them solving the mystery to prove their innocence and even when I realise it would be more than one person, I don't get one of them correct. The story actually becomes a little more complex than first thought. I was bamboozled once again. I'm losing my touch. The movie ends with a great car chase accompanied by some ACDC music and once all is solved, Nick and Audrey get to complete their honeymoon courtesy of the French Police Force. 

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie as it played out. The storyline kept my appetite wet for the crime genre but at the same time, was nowhere near as intense as Law Abiding Citizen was. The way the narrative continued, it definitely gave the audience red herrings throughout and just as you thought you had nailed it down, something else was in the mix, a confession or accusation entered the fold and even those didn't suffice for true evidence. As frustrating as it can be sometimes, it's never a bad thing to be wrong in these movies because rather than ending the movie with a, 'knew it all along', you can give it a, 'well shit, didn't see that coming!'. That's exactly what I sit down to a film to experience. 

Once again Sandler and Anniston bounced off each other throughout this movie with Anniston playing a pivotal role by the end. I have always maintained that I'm a big fan of Adam Sandler, especially the early stuff but there was something about this character that I wasn't a fan of. He was a cocky, over the top New Yorker and at times we'd see the old humour that made Sandler famous but it was too few and far between. I was a big fan of the collective cast too. David Walliams wasn't in the movie too long, the same with Terence Stamp but both started a chain of characters which were completely different from the last. Luke Evans and Gemma Arterton then progress into figureheads for the group of characters other than Sandler and Anniston. From the first moment I believed that Luke Evans was going to be our main antagonist, just by the demeanour that he brought from the off. Every single character was different, just like in a game of Cluedo and I don't have a bad word about what the added to the movie. 

This won't be the last movie that I have on my A-Z list which stars Adam Sandler but it will be the last time that I see Sandler and Anniston's chemistry on my screen for now. Just go with it was a good movie for the comedy and storyline bringing me back to some of the earlier Sandler movies, 50 first dates being a prime example. This time I enjoyed the movie more so because of the twists and turns of the story itself. This is far from a criticism of the cast but just shows that this was something a little different than a Rom-Com. It follows a pattern of movies that I have watched recently, where rewatching the film would be a very low percent. Again, not a criticism but I would hardly run back to a movie once you know all of the answers. The enjoyment level comes from trying to guess who is behind the kills and getting the truth by the end. If you like some crime movies with a 'whodunnit' aspect, this is one that could be easily missed but one worth sitting down and enjoying.