Keanu (2016)

Keanu: Directed by Peter Atencio. With Jordan Peele, Keegan-Michael Key, Tiffany Haddish, Method Man. When the adorable kitten of an L.A. crime kingpin unexpectedly enters the life of two cousins, they will have to go through tough gangs, pitiless hit-men, and ruthless drug dealers who all claim him, to get him back. How hard can it be?

“Key and Peele, in their first starring vehicle, play a pair of soft suburban dudes who somehow find themselves acting like thuggish, grizzled killers to retrieve a stolen kitten (the titular Keanu). Itu0026#39;s a terrible screenplay, but at least the laughs are there for the first act. After that, it falls into endless re-hashes, basically telling the same two or three jokes against a different backdrop for the length of the picture. I loved these guys on TV, but Keanu doesnu0026#39;t do a great job of highlighting their versatility and eventually goes beyond satire to become exactly the type of movie theyu0026#39;re lampooning. Wouldu0026#39;ve made a hilarious five-minute fake trailer on the small screen, which may shine a light on the type of growing pains to expect if they continue this transition to feature-length material.”