Going in Style is a remake of a film of the same name from 1979 which was the debut feature for Martin Brest and helped him to land directing the first Beverly Hills Cop film a few years later, this new film is directed by Zach Braff and is written by Theodore Melfi who recently made Hidden Figures and stars Alan Arkin, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine as 3 steel workers who are cheated of their pension fund so they decide to rob the bank to colluded to strip them of their pensions though they'll need help to do so.
I really liked Going in Style it has some faults for sure but it is very hard to not get caught up in the film due to its wonderful veteran cast Caine, Freeman and Arkin all play off each other really well and have a nice chemistry in their scenes Arkin in particular has a great dry sense of humour that I found really appealing while Caine and Freeman turn on their movie star charm and are very likeable.
The film also has some nice turns by Joey King who redeems herself after being wasted in Independence Day Resurgence last year and the great Christopher Lloyd Dr. Emmet Brown himself though sadly he doesn't get an awful lot to do and part of me wished he was able to get in on the main action given his legendary status among many film fans but there's not much that can be done about that and also the film does feel a little too long for its own good despite only running for 96 minutes perhaps a tightening by 10 minutes or so would've helped with the comedic pacing of the film.
And so that was Going in Style a really fun film despite some minor flaws, 3 and a half out of 5.
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