In a culture where raunchy has interchangable definition with success, America ate up the idea of a movie that crossed international boundaries just for some dumb humor. The Interview, a comedy film where characters Aaron Rappaport (Seth Rogen) and David Skylark (James Franco) travel to North Korea to feature Kim Jong-un in a popular talk show with intent to secretly assassinate him.
In summary, their plan starts to unravel when Skylark feels sympathy for the ‘supreme leader,’ and Rappaport has to convince him back to their original plan. Ultimately, Kim Jong-un is exposed for his brutality on the talk show, thus empowering North Korea’s people to act against its corrupt government.
Unfortunately, this plot was practically suffocated in racist and stereotypical ‘funny’ jokes. The amount of attention and problems this movie created for such a poorly-acted, offensive production makes me question if Village Roadshow Pictures purely did this for a publicity stunt. This movie wasn’t even allowed to be released in theaters because of the various threats from North Korea, yet the company went forth with dispatching it with full awareness of their possible time bomb.
Personally, unless someone has two hours of their to throw away (with the precaution to lose IQ points as well), I would suggest to just sticking with watching the trailer.