Can't explain what I think about this, except that it made me laugh in a number of places. This is Rogen and Franco's fifth collaboration together, and by now you can tell in their mannerisms that they are utterly comfortable with each other. Franco plays Dave Skylark is a popular talk show host, interviewing the most up and coming celebrities and getting the most intimate gossip out of them. As the show reaches its 1000th episode, Skylark hears that Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader is a fan of the show and sets the wheels in motion to interview him. The only trouble is that the CIA want Kim Jong-un assassinated, and they are hoping Skylark and his producer Aaron will do the deed.
I know this film has received a heck of a lot of negativity from Korea and they have threatened the US with all sorts of legal action for allowing a film like this to be distributed, but I personally didn't take it upon an attack against a country, more a comedy film with a bit of a taboo subject. Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator" was based on political piss-taking and it didn't receive such a manic flurry as this has. I understand the topic involves assassinating a leader of another country, but I don't see why North Korea take this as a personal attack on their country, it's simply the American film industry using a wide artistic license to make a funny film. I liked it. And the soundtrack.
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