'Stuber': Action comedy? More like a cinematic car wreck

'Can we reenact a scene from Hobbs & Shaw.' Photo: Walt Disney Studios

There is absolutely no reason to catch a ride with the nasty, brutish and shrill Stuber, a horror movie about our current American nightmare of late capitalist economics and unchecked law enforcement masquerading as an “action comedy.”

If that’s not sobering enough, Stuber, written by Tripper Clancy and directed by Michael Dowse, is also deeply unfunny. It centres on the odd-couple pairing of Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista, who try to cover up their complete lack of chemistry with increasingly deafening screams.