‘Old Guy’ Review: Christoph Waltz and Cooper Hoffman Aim to Kill, but Misfire
variety.comCourtney Howard It’s baffling that a film featuring a two-time Oscar winner and a promising, beloved young actor as squabbling hitmen could be as dreadfully dull as “Old Guy.” Director Simon West (“Con Air”) and writer Greg Johnson (“The Last Son”) take the tired Grumpy Veteran Argues With Fresh-Faced Rookie trope to all-new lows in a film that feels maddeningly disinterested in delivering any of its underdeveloped goods.
What should be a plucky, whip-smart character-driven actioner about an elderly assassin fighting career obsolescence morphs into a dusty, no-stakes patchwork of clichés that shrugs off any resonance, let alone entertainment value.
Aging ladies man Danny Dolinski (Christoph Waltz) loves the art of the kill as a highly skilled, highly paid assassin for a British mob.
His thick, ’70s-style handlebar mustache and equally dated leather bomber jacket act as his real-world armor, yet also announce he’s a bit of a relic.
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