Kevin Hart’s 72 Hours movie is weird but there are funny moments

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The weirdness is the fact that an old man is being invited by young adults to a stag do; it just doesn’t feel right, and also going out and drinking and partying with them. Certainly, a lot of people would want their children hanging out with an old guy, but the movie downplays it when Mike Epps comes in and suggests that Kevin Hart was conducting human trafficking. The movie feels like they were addressing some issues that have just happened with the Diddy case, where they refer to Hart as a pimp. And there are scenes where a man comes up to Joe (Kevin Hart) and asks if he would sell one of his friends, and these scenes are weird but normalised, which is not right. 

The criminal activities do not link very well with the movie, as both comedy and action do not go together. The Ricardo Montana skit was a little bit uncomfortable as it was borderline inappropriate and cringe, but the Kat Williams scene sort of eased the uncomfortable moment, even though the fighting scene was mediocre. 

There are a lot of funny scenes, and there are comedic moments which only appeal to Gen Z viewers. It feels like Kevin Hart shouldn’t have been the main character, but it also feels like they needed him to make the movie big because he was a bigger star than all the supporting cast. There are parts where the movie has serious and heartfelt moments. The Ricardo Montana skits are played throughout the movie, and it is funny at times, but other times they can still make the audience on edge. 

Overall, it feels like another Kevin Hart movie, which is very predictable. The narrative of the movie outshines the funny moments, which doesn’t do the movie any justice. The movie is very lacklustre, and at the end of the movie it looks like there is going to be a second part.