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MacGruber (2010)

This MacGyver parody is based on a character created for Saturday Night Live and stars Will Forte with Val Kilmer as the bad guy. The bad guy steals a Russian nuke and the good guy has to come out of retirement to save the day.

While MacGyver was a was a massive hit I have to wonder if waiting nearly twenty years since the series ended to knock out a parody is really the best timing. I remember watching some of the original series as a kid and we all know the basic idea behind MacGyver but it's really hard to build a quality parody on something that the views have likely forgotten most of the details of.

As a comedy there are some funny moments but this is not really a funny film. There is little from the films plot to help it stand on it's own and it is not like there are tons of moments you can pick out as a great parody of X or Y. Maybe if you are a big fan of the SNL character this is worth watching but otherwise I would not bother.

2/5