“If
the Mario brothers
weren't New Jersey's third-largest crime family, I'd say, "Kiss my
ass." But considering your status, I will say, "Slurp my butt."”
I love movies or TV shows that have to deal with heists
or con artists or better yet art thieves. I know they are all fake yet at the
same time based on some truths but I just love how smart the thieves and con
artists have to be. I have mentioned the show Leverage time and again and how I love the fact that they are con
artists who are the good guys and that my favorite character, Parker, is the
thief and loves to steal art and diamonds. My love for Leverage lead me to watch this web series called Caper (it was created by one of the
producers of Leverage and the
actress, Beth Riesgraf, who played Parker, is in the series). Caper has a really interesting concept:
it is about superheroes who live in our world and are totally broke, living in
a crappy apartment and barely making enough to eat. The broke ass superheroes
include Penny Blue aka The Machine (think Tony Stark/Iron Man), Alexia (think
Wonder Woman), Luke Washington aka The Boy Scout (think Superman), and Dagr
(think Thor). They come up with a plan to break into the company that Penny
used to work for. The only glitch for the actual people with superpowers- they cannot
use their superpowers. Penny does not want people to get hurt. Some of their
plan comes from watching the movie Hudson
Hawk. I heard of Hudson Hawk
before Caper and after hearing it
mentioned I definitely had to see it especially since it had something to do
with a heist of sort. I thought the movie was going to be serious, I could not
have been more wrong.
A cat burglar known as Hudson Hawk (Bruce) has been
released from jail after serving ten years. On his way out a cop tries to bribe
him into doing a job for someone. Hudson wants nothing to do with burglaring he
just wants to go home, have a cappuccino, and maybe do some community service
and find a decent respectable job. His friend Tommy picks him up and takes him
to what used to be a local dive bar that has turned into a hipster hang out. At
the former dive bar are the Mario Brothers (no kidding they are called the
Mario Brothers), a group of gangsters. The oldest brother forces Hudson to take
a job or he will wind up in jail with no way out. All Hudson has to do is steal
a horse from an auction house.
The job seems simple enough. All Hudson and Tommy have to
do is break in nice and quietly and no one will get hurt. Their plan starts off
well. They put the security footage on loop and glide in kneeling on
skateboards past the guards. The glitch in their plan is looping the security
feed. A fat guard broke a chair in the main room and the guards in the office
notice it. Hudson and Tommy make it out without getting caught. Hudson actually
manages to crash in on the apartment where the deal for the horse is being
made. The officer from the prison is killed and an English butler takes the
horse from Hudson.
In the paper the following day Hudson and Tommy read that
the horse was not stolen and is ready to be sold for a record price. Hudson’s
pride is hurt he wants to check out the horse for himself so he goes to the
auction. At the auction a wacky, really weird husband called the Mayflowers bid
on the horse for an insane amount of money.
To make a long, very odd story short, Hudson finds out a
man he used to work for is also working for the Mayflowers. The guy literally
knocks Hudson out then drugs and literally sends him to Italy. In Italy a plot
to find some crystals hidden throughout some of Leonardo DaVinci’s works and
make a gold invention of his work is uncovered by Hudson. The Vatican actually
knows about the plot and they use Hudson to their advantage.
I got a little confused after a while but I think my
attention span may have started to wander. Sorry about my ADD getting in the
way. I do not do well when I get bored.
Hudson Hawk was
not what I expected. I thought it was going to be a somewhat serious movie and
it turned out to be really, really silly and I felt a little all over the place. I understand completely that it was supposed to be a satire I like satires but I think it tried too hard to be a real mystery and also be a comedy at the same
time. There were some moments that were truly very funny but for the most part
is just was not that good. Caper has
a good sense of humor and I can see why they mentioned Hudson Hawk. After watching the movie I can see where Caper got some of its quirks from. Hudson Hawk is good for if you are in
the mood for something totally silly and not serious at all. Just do not set
your expectations too high.
Definitely check out Caper. The concept is really good and
totally different. The episodes are not long at all. They are all available on
either Youtube or Hulu
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