The jokes in “America: The Motion Picture” come in various forms. It’s a not-as-imaginative “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” meets a not-as-funny “Clone High” (the latter made all the more confusing and disappointing, given that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are on board as producers). Samuel Adams (Jason Mantzoukas) is a fratty Gaston knockoff, Paul Revere (Bobby Moynihan) gets recruited at a neon-lit, “2 Fast 2 Furious”-style thoroughbred race, and the Tony Stark/Salem Witch hybrid they stumble upon turns out to be Thomas Edison (Olivia Munn). “America: The Motion Picture” - Credit: NetflixĪrmed with the idea of following through on the Declaration of Independence (which sort of happened, but sort of didn’t in this timeline), Washington summons a ragtag team of notable names from multiple centuries of American history, mostly introduced in a parade of lazy “what if x, but y” setups. 'The Tomorrow War' Review: A Bland Chris Pratt Fights the Future in Would-Be Amazon Blockbuster ![]() New Movies: Release Calendar for July 2, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films Most of the time, it’s knowingly stupid, which makes watching it 90 minutes of occasional fun and frequent indifference. , often only slightly more ambitious than that commercial where ol’ GW drives a Dodge Challenger with a Hemi engine. For others looking for an insightful takedown of the mythologizing of American history, there’s not much for them to find, either. For those watching who consider anything other than reverence of the Founders to be insufficient, this will not be their cup of Boston Lager. That’s about as close to making a salient point as this movie gets. If the cherry tree story was always fiction - not to mention scores of other anecdotes about historical figures that have morphed their way into conventional understanding about the Great Men of History - then why not tell a nonsensical version of 1776 that involves mechanized weapon limbs? ![]() As far as historical rewrites go, that’s not nothing. “America: The Motion Picture” gives George Washington chainsaw arms.
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