Welcome back, Pointers! This week’s “Guilty Pleasure” is one
of mine: the John Cusack (and most of his family) vehicle “Grosse Point Blank,”
a movie about a charming professional assassin attending his 10th
high school reunion.
Yeah, I know.
I do recognize this movie as seriously flawed: plot holes, odd improvised
dialogue, a tone that shifts so wildly and suddenly you might end up with
whiplash but the characters are a lot of fun, the cast is very cool and the
music is pure 80’s (in a good way. No, really).
It’s just . . . odd. And really,
are we supposed to be rooting for a murderer-for-hire to reconcile with his
high-school sweetheart and find love? Really?
But where else will you find a movie with Alan Arkin, Dan Ackroyd and
kick-boxing legend Benny “The Jet” Urquidez in it? Seriously, where? Give a
listen, maybe we’ll tell you (spoiler: we won’t).
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