Grandpa Lou gets out and tells Jake that his death was only a cover like his "old man crazy act" was a cover for his first retirement. One month later a car pulls up in front of Jake's home. The old timers present Lou's dogtags to Jake. Family and friends pay tribute with grandson Jake crying. The next scene takes us to a graveside funeral for Grandpa Lou. As Maddy Harcourt government agents arrive on the scene, Grandpa is seen grabbing his chest and is rushed off to the hospital. Grandpa's forces defeat the Russians and Angie is freed. There are a lot of comic situations and corny lines between the young and old characters. Also, to theJake enlists the computer and cell phone expertise of his friend, Wendall. Grandpa collects together Wolf, Harry, Mother and Giovani, his old group who were known as the 'Devil's Scum'. Grandpa Lou gets his grandson's trust and they decide to rescue Angie on their own. He is unable to get any help from government officials. Unknown to Jake, Grandpa is a retired intelligence officer. Grandpa is paranoid and sees the enemy around every corner.Īngie gets kidnapped by a Russian General Komencho. Jake is going to miss his first date with the girl of his dreams and no less has to hear crazy Grandpa's dubious war stories again. She agrees to a date for an upcoming party but Jake's parents insist Jake stay home for a dinner with Grandpa Lou. Jake and Wendall are two high school friends trying to get Jake a date with Angie. Not destined for any Ten Best Lists, but enjoyable summer entertainment.Undercover Grandpa is a 2017 Canadian action comedy film directed by Érik Canuel and starring James Caan, Jessica Walter, Louis Gossett Jr., Dylan Everett, Paul Sorvino and Kenneth Welsh. But, overall, it's a funny little spy movie. And, occasionally, the film itself has the same problem. Diaz is pleasant, but tries a little too hard to be cute. And, here, he gets a rare chance to flex his comic muscles, and hie's quite funny (though too much of the best material is in the trailer). Dismissing his personal life as utterly irrelevant, I find him to be a solid and dependable actor who does action better than almost anyone in Hollywood. Of course, this is a star vehicle, and whether you enjoy it will depend a lot on how you feel about Tom Cruise. His pacing is brisk and fun, and he stages some terrific action (including one sequence from Diaz' point of view that did feel genuinely new). But director James Mangold ("Copland", "Walk the Line", "3:10 to Yuma") always knows how to make a film play, and his skills haven't deserted him here. All of this is fairly predictable, and, again, nothing new. there's a mysterious device called the Zephyr that Roy is either protecting or trying to steal. June Havens (Cameron Diaz) is an average perky blonde romantic comedy heroine who runs into the charming and mysterious Roy Miller (Tom Cruise) at the airport, and is sucked into a series of misadventures when Roy turns out to be a secret agent fighting rogue elements in his own agency. We've seen it all before, but it worked pretty well then, and it works pretty well now. It's a pleasant diversion, a fun time at the cinema that doesn't ask a lot of of it's audience and offers an enjoyable ride.
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