Jon Watts’ action comedy reunites George Clooney and Brad Pitt 16 years after they shared the screen in Burn After Reading – unfortunately, there’s little action or comedy to be found here. There was a time when an odd couple-style action flick starring Clooney and Pitt would have been box office gold. Unfortunately, that time isn’t now, and since Wolfs has a sedentary life on streaming ahead of it, its fate unknowingly matches its tone: forgettable.
The new movie stars Clooney and Pitt as “Margaret’s man” and “Pam’s man”, two fixers who are both mistakenly hired for the same clean-up job. Since both are intent on working alone, their newly-established partnership is a disappointment. (A point that’s oversold by their too-frequent “f**k you” quips to each other.
) But when they attempt to remove the body of a young man from a high-profile district attorney’s hotel room, they find themselves getting into more than they bargained for. Fortunately, they’re both good fixers – just not good enough to fix this movie. The Clooney and Pitt pair-up is wasted It’s undeniable that Clooney and Pitt were both, at one time or another, the coolest guys in any room.
Wolfs is attempting to capitalize on this faded reputation by putting them both in black leather jackets and having the two stars deliver every line of dialogue with a blasé expression of disinterest and stoicism. Unfortunately, the movie has completely missed the mark of what made the two so wa.