In a very warm color, which reinforces the very sunny photography of northwest Los Angeles, Double Journey arrives on Netflix in an attempt to save the same vigor of the beloved 2000s classic, Zombieland. Abusing its gore of a plot sprinkled with lots of humor and performative action scenes, the vampiric production is unpretentious and makes its caricatural protagonists a great opportunity to play with the socio-racial stereotypes that we see so much in Hollywood.
Between a Latin villain, an irreverent noir hero, and a preppy opposite, there’s a somewhat inventive narrative, but no less appealing for it. With no intention of breaking new ground in the genre of vampire productions, JJ Perry’s action-comedy, written by Tyler Tice and Shay Hatten, follows a working father who just wants to provide a good life for his daughter. But his job as a pool cleaner in the Valley region is just a front for his real job as a vampire hunter. And seeking to protect his family, he’ll have to go up against a “criminal boss” of sorts – a beautiful woman who appropriates the same cheesy expressions from so many other Mexican villains, acting like an excellent Hollywood caricature.
Without any specific details explaining the existence of vampires in the state of California, Double Journey is more concerned with providing a bloody feast, with hyperbolic clashes between the dead and the living, which would have Isaac Newton turning in his grave. And as Perry defies the law of gravity, Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco have fun on screen, embrace the crazy idea of enhanced vampires who aren’t afraid of sunlight, and take us on the same adventure, with the certainty that it is another. one of those random adrenaline rushes that Netflix often plays.
With poor visual effects, but plenty of on-screen chemistry, Dupla Jornada is a mash-up of various pop culture products, going way beyond the vampire factor. With two starkly contrasting partners who replicate the slapstick humor of dynamic crime-comedy duos, the feature brings a bit of everything – including a Snoop Dogg cameo. Fast-paced and full of corny comedy jokes, the film turns its jumble of cliches into completely lighthearted entertainment that doesn’t take itself seriously and still rewards audiences with a bucket of blood with every new scene.
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With very well-executed fight choreographies, the action-comedy plays with our senses enjoying the massive amount of bloodshed and countless stunts that make for extremely agile and electrifying scenes. Requiring only two free hours from its audience, Dupla Jornada does not want to revolutionize the genre, cares little about its concept and is easily forgotten. But despite all these flaws, the comedy succeeds in what it sets out to do: to entertain from beginning to end, with the possibility of becoming a new guilty pleasure, of those who relax us after a stressful day.