Review of Visioneers (2008) by Matthew G — 28 Jul 2009

Sort of like The Hangover, but set in a dystopian reality, and there's no Mike Tyson, or babies, and it's more a dark comedy than an outrageous buddy-buddy-buddy comedy, and instead of sending out a "bros are there for bros" message, it attempts to send out a number of weighty themes while never clearing the obfuscation surrounding them caused by the film's attempt at the absurd, and there's no tigers, and Ed Helms doesn't loose a tooth, and Ed Helms isn't even in it, and Visioneers attempts to be an absurdist exercise but fails to realize that absurdism is carefully crafted rather than a hodge-podge potpouri of randomness, and there are significantly less obnoxious and naked Asiatics, and Zach makes less jokes, and Visioneers is ultimately a film that fails to realize its potential because it never clearly elucidates its themes, and The Hangover had a significantly larger budget, and Visioneers featured more Orwellian office monotony, and there was no wedding at the end, but people did explode.