Love or hate her brand of comedy, there’s no denying Melissa McCarthy is one of the most energetic, fearless actresses working today. The same goes for Octavia Spencer, an Oscar winner who can just as easily, and skillfully, jump between playing a serial killer or a rocket scientist. Put them together in a superhero comedy Netflix’s
Thunder Force and you’d expect these two incredible women to knock it out of the park.
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McCarthy and Spencer star in the
Thunder Force written and directed by Ben Falcone which is now streaming on Netflix. It follows two long-time friends, Lydia (McCarthy) and Emily (Spencer) who could not be more different. Lydia is a slacker who wears rock t-shirts. Emily is a smart overachiever who lost her parents to a group of people called Miscreants. You see, in this world, super-powered beings exist, but the mutation only happens to bad people, and Emily dedicates her life to figuring out a way to give good people superpowers to battle the
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Bounce (2000) and Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez called it quits after
Jersey Girl (2004), others keep right on trucking through the negativity.
Ben Falcone has directed four previous features starring
Melissa McCarthy, his wife and one of the world’s funniest humans, and while the three theatrical releases all made a profit, they’re also almost universally reviled. The fourth,
Superintelligence (2020), went straight to HBO Max where it also found itself lambasted critically. Turns out the fifth time is the charm, though, as their latest collaboration, Netflix’s
Thunder Force, is a silly, warm, and frequently funny time at the movies.
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