Love Hurts Mostly Spoiler Free Review
Hiding ain’t Living 4/5 Stars
Beastmode, blood, bullets, bunny hopping, tasers, and unrequited love in Love Hurts will entertain for 83 minutes. Thank you for the return of a proper Action Rom-Com.
Marvin Gable (Ke Huy Quan) is ecstatic to be named the regional realtor of the year. A red envelope appears on Valentine’s Day that points to his past. The mysterious Rose (Ariana DeBose), with whom he showed mercy in a flashback, repays the favor by dragging him kicking and punching back to confront his old life as his brother’s (Daniel Wu) chief enforcer.
Five minutes in, they sidestep the boring plot building and cut to the action. The cadre of heavies deployed to call Marvin to task is key to the plot, appearing seamless. Destroyed homes, violence, legitimate action sequences, and a love story ensues.
The character you will remember is King; a scene suffocater in the best way possible. The audience will fixate on his excellent mix of comedic timing and physicality during the action sequences.
This is the perfect Valentine’s Date Night movie; presented with excellent choreography in fight scenes, dark comedy, and romance that will leave you engaged. Does he or doesn’t he get the girl? Watch in theaters on February 7th to find out.
(Mild Spoiler Alert) This movie left me wanting more: I demand an Otis (André Eriksen) and King (Marshawn Lynch) spinoff or origin story, what happened between Renny (Cam Gigandet) and Rose, but I’ll settle for more of The Raven (Mustafa Shakir) and Ashley (Lio Tipton) plot line. Drew Scott had a legendary cameo.