The Nice Guys [Blu-ray]

An unlikely duo must team up to find a missing girl before a secret cabal has her murdered in The Nice Guys (2016), a comedic crime drama written by Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi and directed by Shane Black. Set in 1977 Los Angeles, The Nice Guys is a film noir for the disco era, but wasn't originally written as a period piece. Thankfully, the writers decided to rework the concept and what resulted was one of the best films of 2016.Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) is a muscle-for-hire who Amelia Kuttner (Margaret Qualley) pays to dissuade private detective Holland March (Ryan Gosling) from looking for her. March, an alcoholic who lives with his preteen daughter, Holly (Angourie Rice), believes Amelia is somehow connected to the death of porn star Misty Mountains (Murielle Telio). Misty's aunt, Mrs. Glenn (Lois Smith), hired March to investigate Misty's death because she believed Misty might still be alive.When two anonymous men (Beau Knapp and Keith David) show up at Jackson Healy's apartment to press him for details on Amelia's whereabouts, he decides to pay March to help him locate Amelia before they do. Together, they discover Amelia and Misty were connected to an underground adult film allegedly exposing a conspiracy on the part of auto manufacturers to suppress the catalytic converter. Several people involved in the movie turned up dead.Things get really complicated when Amelia's mother, Judith (Kim Basinger), a prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, pays March and Healy to find her daughter. When Amelia literally falls into their laps, she accuses her mother of being part of the conspiracy. March and Healy slowly put the pieces together, but will they rescue her and the last remaining film reel in time to expose the truth?Nice Guys was loosely inspired by true events, although it wasn't advertised as such. Because of its particular geography, Los Angeles has long suffered from lingering smog, which was a pervasive problem in the mid-twentieth century. The film pokes fun at activists protesting "bird killing" pollution, but people really did wear gas masks to protest LA smog and it did have negative and long-term consequences for public health.Auto emissions were a contributing factor to airborne toxins until 1975 when the Environmental Protection Agency mandated all new cars come equipped with a catalytic converter. GM, Ford, and Chrysler (the "Big Three") agreed to research pollution-reducing technologies in 1953 but dragged their heels. The Justice Department filed an anti-trust case against the Big Three in 1968, alleging a conspiracy to suppress pollution-reducing technologies. So the events that formed a backdrop for the film occurred years before the film takes place.Nice Guys is more concerned with evoking the Zeitgeist of the decade rather than a strict adherence to facts. It was a brief time in American history when adult films were socially relevant. The 1970s are sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age of Porn," when porn achieved some mainstream success with films like Deep Throat (1972) and The Devil in Miss Jones (1973). There were also widespread but unsubstantiated fears of Mafia influence in the adult film industry, which Judith uses as a red herring in this film.Nice Guys features several strong performances. Ryan Gosling is a Canadian actor with a long career in film and television, most notably in  The Notebook  (2004) and  The Place Beyond The Pines  (2012). In 2016, he also starred in  La La Land , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. Holland March is a less serious role, demonstrating Gosling's versatility as an actor. Audiences and critics loved it. For this performance, he was nominated for "Favorite Comedic Movie Actor" at the People's Choice Awards and was awarded "Best Comedic Performance" by the San Diego Film Critics Society.Angourie Rice, a young Australian actress, had her breakout role in The Nice Guys. Since then, she's appeared in  Spider-Man: Homecoming  (2017), which was praised by audiences and critics, and  The Beguiled (2017) , which was not. Her character in The Nice Guys, Holly, is an adorably precocious child, insisting she can help her father solve the case (since her father is an incompetent drunk, who can blame her?). Like Natalie Portman in  The Professional  (1994), Angourie is perfect for the role, and hopefully will have a bright future in film.Nice Guys is funny, clever, and expertly manages a purposely convoluted and over-the-top plot ala  The Big Lebowski  (1998) and  Fargo  (1996). Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling perfectly play off each other's strengths, and bring a sense of ironic humor and style to an otherwise bleak and cynical world.

I liked that the two characters did not have much in common and the story line was unpredictable.

“𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔”The Nice Guys is a 2016 American neo-noir action comedy film directed by Shane Black and written by Black and Anthony Bagarozzi. The film stars Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Keith David and Kim Basinger.Set in the year 1977, ‘The Nice Guys’ stays playfully committed to its intended aesthetic and point of reference. Some of the techniques used run the risk of flying over audience members’ heads - like obscure quotes that may not be easily recognized - but ‘TNG’ also speaks to viewers that do not have an immediate or personal connection to this time period in question. Philippe Rousselot’s cinematography presents Los Angeles with a consistently dismal atmosphere: its muted color schemes with brief moments of reprieve capturing the energy of a story and an environment that is its own breed of sophistication and simplicity. There is some loose discrepancy at hand in terms of the soundtrack (Because, it is formally complained that many of the songs played were released in completely separate years. . . in the 70s) and the lowbrow attempts at character design, but between hearing Earth, Wind & Fire, and bearing witness to Gosling’s “pornstache”. . . .Let’s just be real: ‘The Nice Guys’ knows how to read an audience (and a room), if nothing else.Having accepted their separate roles under the prospect of working with one another, the chemistry between Gosling and Crowe as actors and characters is exquisitely charming. Crowe sticks to his usual stoicism and in many ways is playing. . . .well, himself, and speaks more with his actions than he does with his words. A departure from his more typically dramatic roles, Gosling’s contributions are heavy in the dialogue department and offer some amount of wit and whimsical naivety into scenes that would otherwise be contextually inappropriate. The result is a pair of individuals that bicker as much as they bond - like siblings - with interactions that are sure to make viewers genuinely “laugh-out-loud” and see their shenanigans through until the conclusion. Even when the jokes don’t land the casual and chaotic fashion in which these two characters gather the minimum amount of decency needed to finish their separate assignments (A sly and ironic departure from this film’s given title) always does.To call the overarching plot of ‘The Nice Guys’ convoluted would be generous, but the nod it makes to an industry during one its peaks (the pornography industry) while simultaneously touching on mandates that had a real-world impact on the automobile industry makes for a film with a glaring self-awareness in regards to its overarching context and its implications; none-the-less it is a far cry from 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌 (2005) in that as it doubles down in debauchery it doesn’t care to keep its viewers fixated on miniscule details but instead guides them through an investigation with a stylized (but sometimes overzealous) fluidity. As mentioned by previous reviewers ‘TNG’ also suffers from having a primary “villain” that is largely forgettable in both appearance and impact due to how late they are introduced and how long they are on screen, but it follows up with a fragmented catalogue of criminals and chaos that is equal parts realistic (in nature) and thoroughly entertaining.Left with a meaningful convergence amongst characters originally introduced as could-be enemies it is only a shame that ‘The Last Guys’ has not been able to follow up with a sequel nor go on with what was originally pitched: a television series.An homage to buddy comedies of a now bygone era ‘TLG’ confidently and successfully revels in and sells its mediocrity to the most unlikely of buyers with the ingenuity of its script and the compelling relationship of its leads.I would recommend!

Sin duda una gran dupla que hacen estos actores, divertida y muy cuidada en la fotografía viene subtitulada al español te divertirás mucho con esta gran película me sorprende que no sea de culto ya

Listen SHANE BLACK is stuck in the early 90's as a writer and director BUT with this film and this cast he really nails the late 70's with the tone and witty dialogue that works in this movie. If you enjoy these two lead actors at all you will enjoy them together in a great crime murder mystery. I highly enjoyed this movie. Its worth it. Enjoyable and fun.

Recomendable si buscas divertirte con un humor negro.No hay nada en la trama de serio sólo las buenas actuaciones y las situaciones “ilógicas” que le dan vida a esta pelícua y que la hacen tan única.Me encantó.

Excelente producto!!! Llegó en buen estado!!! Gran película

Una de las mejores películas del género de comedia policíaca, contiene audio español latino y se ve genial en HD