Marking a return to big-budget comedy for Vince Vaughn, the time-travel action comedy Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice premiered Saturday at SXSW, but it’s the ensemble cast that brings the laughs.
In writer/director BenDavid Grabinski’s romp, Vaughn and James Marsden star as partners in organized crime, Nick and Mike. As their crime family celebrates the freedom of the boss’ (Keith David) recently incarcerated son Jimmy (Jimmy Tatro), Mike sneaks off to rendezvous with Mike’s estranged wife Alice (Eiza González), with whom he’s been having an affair.
Their romantic evening is cut short when Nick comes knocking with a special job for Mike, his last before he leaves the “organization.” It turns out, this Nick is from the future, and he needs to stop his present self from making a mistake that leads to Mike getting killed.
It’s a fun action comedy that’s a
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