Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 2 ratings
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
Grimsby is a Sacha Baron Cohen vehicle that blends crude humour with spy-action tropes. The plot is paper-thin and exists mainly as a vehicle for outrageous set pieces rather than coherent storytelling. Cohen and Mark Strong have decent chemistry and Strong in particular commits admirably to the absurdity. Cinematography is functional at best — shaky-cam action sequences feel generic. The film has a distinctive vulgarity and a certain anarchic energy that sets it apart from standard spy comedies, earning modest novelty points, but it leans heavily on shock value. The ending resolves predictably and without much payoff, feeling rushed.