Bride Hard

I am someone that is very easy to please when it comes to comedy. Give me an Adam Sandler comedy any day of the week, or a cheap made for DVD American Pie clone from the early 2000s, and i will have a fun time. Sadly this movie failed on so many levels...

So yes Rebel Wilson lost a lot of weight and her Pitch Perfect moniker of "Fat Amy" wouldn't really fit these days. That said, casting her in some kind of super spy role just didn't work. Not only her action scenes were done by an obvious stunt double, but i just couldn't take her seriously. If she had played someone who had to end up in a spy role trough some shenanigans and was always messing up yet being lucky trough comedy, then sure, but we meant to think she is an actual CIA agent...

Then the bad guys (lead by Stephen Dorff) decisions makes no sense, they never really appear threatening, and its like the movie can never decide if it want to be a spoof or take itself semi-seriously.

And the continuity errors... oh boy. Just to give you exemples without any spoilers, at one point characters are supose to be wet but dry out in 2 seconds. Another scene there is some kind of tube established who act like a vaccum, but there is something at the other end doing the vaccum part, yet later that thing is remove and the tube is still doing the vaccum part? These "goofs" are insanely obvious and really made me roll my eyes on how amateurish the direction was. Yet Simon West is directing this?

Among the supporting cast you got Anna Camp also from Pitch Perfect, who was probably the "best character" but thats not saying a lot. Da'Vine Joy Randolph plays a morbidly obese woman who for some reason is portrayed as someone who use her body to her advantage?? Even Justin Hartley, who seem to not have aged since Smallville and that i always liked, plays an unbelievable character that i just couldn't take seriously.

Honestly the movie just do not work. Its not a good action movie, its not a good comedy, it mixes the two rather poorly, and even the cast, wich is on paper pretty good, can't manage to bring much to try to save it.

If you want a good Die Hard clone done in the modern era, watch Violent Night. That one mix comedy and action extremely well.

I will go with a 4 out of 10 for Brides Hard. Below Average. I would had maybe consider a 5 if it was not for the (too many) continuity errors.

Bride Hard swings for a Die Hard at a wedding, but often misses the mark.

The premise is gold: a former special forces operative, Sam, battling mercenaries at her best friend's nuptials. Yet, this promising setup frequently devolves into a comedic misfire, landing a lukewarm 5.5/10.

Rebel Wilson takes the lead, but the casting feels like a missed opportunity. While she commits, the role perhaps demanded a different blend of action grit and comedic subtlety. The film leans too heavily into broad slapstick, blunting the impact of its genuinely decent action sequences. Moments of cleverness are quickly drowned out by predictable gags, preventing the movie from ever truly soaring.

This felt like a concept with untapped potential. It's watchable, offering fleeting laughs and some competent fight choreography. However, its comedic approach is often clumsy, and the overall execution lacks the sharp precision needed to elevate it beyond a forgettable diversion.

A tighter script and a more refined comedic touch could have turned this into a memorable action-comedy; instead, it's merely a hard try.

Horrible acting, and even a worse plot. I find her funny in a couple movies but she acts to much the same in all of them and overall its just not funny or entertaining. Turn back the dial a bit and dont be so over the top and it honestly might be a good movie. Maybe im wrong, but I think the ratings speak for themselves. She's good in the right roll, this isn't it. But honestly, im sure its a blast to film and act in. You get to be a agent and jump around and act dumb. He'll id enjoy it too. Add getting paid and its the perfect roll. Its just not great as a viewer. Sorry, not sorry.

Watch at AMC on 6-23-2025.

A Movie who's Producers told 15 mins into filming had to shift from an R, to a PG, for some reason.... At the start Rebel's all head shots, then she just punches people for 90 mins.

1. It is rated R, but they censored "pu**y" eight times.

2. Barely any one dies, after like the first 4, why?

3. We don't care about the bad guys attempted character development at the very end.

4. Her blood+scratches are so inconstant 5. She never uses any guns, because why?

6. Gold bars weigh 30 lbs!

7. The magical suction tube powered by swamp boat Fan?

8. Shooting a cannon BACKWARDS by corking the end (What is this Bugs Bunny?) 9. Her agency is the "5 eyes"???

10. Knock off Awkwafina Impression 11. Discount David Schimmer 12. None of their dressed get torn or dirty!

13. Chris did all this because he wanted to prove his fathers innocence, but.... " did it" 14. Chris approaches 15 guys with guns, firing up into the air and lives 15. Bad guys don't collect the 4 rings immediately because???

16. Accidentally blowing up the house.

As Rebel says "This AB-solutely sucks!"

It's sad what passes as 'comedy' this days.

I've watched it so that YOU, dear reader, don't have to.

It's like Bridesmaids and Die Hard had a baby. But they were both on substance abuse during that time. Action doesn't work, comedy doesn't work, it's chaos in worst possible way.

Some, rare jokes work, but 90% of "humor" is embarrassingly bad, forced and without any chemistry whatsoever. Without spoiling anything, it feels like bad parody of a bad parody at times.

That takes me to chemistry; Rebel Wilson does try to put some heart into it, but again, term that goes through my mind since I watched it - FORCED.

So, does it pass to kill some time? Only if your bar is low and your popcorn's salty.

Re-watch some 90s or early 2000s comedy instead.