Nobody disputes to the rights of clandestine assassins to leave their hazardous line of work and begin new lives as loving fathers and spouses. But honestly, do they also need to be the focus of cheesy action comedies? The latest film for Apple TV+, which stars Mark Wahlberg as, you guessed it, a former secret assassin who discovers that putting his former life behind isn’t as easy as he believed, raises this subject.
The Family Plan is a film whose strongest parts seem to have occurred during the pitch meeting, stretching its lofty concept but flimsy outcomes to the breaking point.
Release date: Friday, Dec. 15
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, Ciaran Hinds, Zoe Colletti, Van Crosby, Maggie Q, Joyner Lucas, Kellen Boyle, Felicia Pearson
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Screenwriter: David Coggeshall
Rated PG-13, 1 hour 58 minutes
Mark Wahlberg’s past work has demonstrated his comic timing and action skills to such an extent that it makes sense for him to star in a movie that combines suburban family clichés with the world of espionage, such as the superb “True Lies” or the underappreciated “Nobody.”
Viewers who have wondered if they could save their family in the event of a hunt or who have wondered if the enigmatic guy on their block has a hidden past find something compelling about the transformation of an ordinary family man into a highly accomplished assassin.
It is a delightful little subgenre when done well, as in the case of the excellent James Cameron picture, which is currently available on 4K VOD. When executed poorly, “The Family Plan” is not.
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