entourage

entourage, the latest film from writer/director Doug Ellin is one of those movies that didn't have to be made. In fact I am still scratching my head as to why it was. I knew of no one clamoring for an entourage movie so I'm leaning towards cash grab. There was nothing at all profound about the film but since there was never anything profound about the show that was no surprise. That being said I give this pile of dung one bucket of Killer Korn.

Making a movie based on a TV show is always a complicated situation. Those behind it have to hope for two things to happen, 1- that the fans of the show are willing to pay to see a movie that they once saw for virtually pennies and 2- those that never watched the show will put their ten plus dollars down for a ticket. It's a tricky proposition to say the least and one that has rarely ever paid off. So I don't know what made the producers of the show think that a thirty million dollar movie of entourage was going to be a successful box office venture but they did and here I am, reviewing this shit. There is nothing to this movie that you haven't seen before if you watched the show. 

Turtle, played by Jerry Ferrara is still driving even though they want you to buy his mini-mogul, millionaire status. Eric, played by Kevin Connolly is still the simpering emotional basket case, baby sitter/manager of movie star Vincent Chase played by Adrian Grenier. Ari Gold, played by the talented Jeremy Piven is no longer representing Vincent as his agent, he is now the head of a studio who's life depends on Vincent's latest movie (nothing new there). That leaves the still looking for a role, amazingly stupid manchild Johnny Drama, played by Kevin Dillon. If you were wondering if this movie would stray from the TV show in anyway don't worry, it doesn't.

And that's the main problem with this movie. There is NO growth in any of these fictional characters so if you didn't watch the show or like it, don't let your curiosity entice you to go. If you did watch and liked/loved what you saw then by all means get down to your nearest cineplex. My issue with the show was I grew tired of these four white boys fucking their way through LA while continuing to get lucky in the movie business. That is continued in the movie which is nothing but another episode of the show. Entourage is fluff and for that, this could have been aired on HBO as a two hour movie instead of making you buy a ticket to see it (hence why I'm leaning towards cash grab). Vincent wants to direct his latest movie Hyde and needs more money to complete the already over budget $100 million dollar project from Ari. Ari has to beg, cajole, charm, and threaten his way to getting that money and loses his job in the process. Sounds familiar? If you watched ANY episode of the show then I'm sure it does. 

Entourage is a movie worth skipping. If you want to see the boys live that lavish Hollywood lifestyle and see all the hot women they run through then sign up for HBOGo and re-watch every single episode again for pennies. Don't spend money to buy a ticket to watch another episode just because it's in a movie theater, it's pointless. It's predictable and saddled with an ending that you see coming from a mile and a half away. Skip it and see something else. If you do go see it, don't say you weren't warned.