Entertaining And Fun! The Family Plan (2023) || Movie Review.

I love movies that one can watch and enjoy when it's a relaxing time. Those kinds of movies are usually entertaining. This movie, ’The Family Plan’ is a popcorn movie that was both entertaining and thrilling to watch. It is a movie I would recommend for family time.

When I saw the trailer of this movie a month ago, I was thrilled to watch it because of Mark Wahlberg. I love to watch any of his movies and I always enjoy them a lot because he makes me laugh. For me, Mark Wahlberg’s role was something different and new, not like his usual roles in movies. It was fun to watch.

’The Family Plan’ is an action comedy film that was partly produced by Mark Wahlberg alongside Apple studios and Skydance media. It was directed by Simon Cellan Jones and written by David Coggeshall.

The story of the movie revolves around an ex-elite government assassin who lives a different life as a father, husband, and salesman in Buffalo, New York, but soon his past catches up with him and to keep his family safe he had take them on an unexpected road trip to Vegas.

This movie starred Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, Zoe Collette, Van Crosby, Iliana Norris, Saïd Taghmaoui, Maggie Q, Ciarán Hinds and Lateef Crowder.

Little About The Plot.

Mark Wahlberg as Dan Morgan was an ex-elite government assassin, now an excellent salesman who lives in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York with his family. He has three children, Nina, Kyle and Max (baby of the house). He and his wife Jessica were about to celebrate their anniversary which didn't go impressively well for Jessica as she requested something different from Dan's usual plans for their anniversary yearly.

Dan planned on working to impress his wife but his life took a wild turn when he was out shopping with his youngest child Max. Dan was attacked unexpectedly by a resilient and stubborn hitman but in the heat of the moment Dan was able to deal with the hitman in hand to hand combat while still carrying his son. Immediately he decided to take his family on an unexpected road trip to Vegas as a cover to keep his family safe from an inevitable trouble he felt was coming his way from his past.

However, collecting his family from their daily activities locations was easy for him but the road trip seemed to become tough as more hitmen came for him and his family. Dan contacts an old time colleague, Augie who informs him that his former boss McCaffrey was probably the one after him and his family. He then advised Dan to tell his family about his past. Will Dan and his family survive?

My Review And Rating.

This movie is the clean version of ’Nobody (2021)’. It is void of gore and bloody scenes which is why I can recommend this movie for a family watch. The action and comedy parts were done excellently well and both genres were blended together flawlessly. That is one thing I appreciate about this movie.

Did many criticize this movie badly? Yes of course! I understand their reasons. You see, 90% percent of action family themed movies come with cliché or predictable plots and storyline. It always has a happy ending. Most people who didn't really enjoy this movie. The reason was that the plot was predictable and generic.

Is the plot of this movie generic and predictable? Yes it was for me but not all the plot was predictable especially when the antagonist was revealed. I didn't expect that twist. The plot was well written with good and funny humor. I love how the characters were built based on the major theme of the movie which is family.

Did the cast perform well? Yes they did. Except for the fact that some characters were easily forgotten because they didn't have much relevance to their roles. Mark was fantastic with his role as usual but he didn't steal the spotlight for me but his son Max stole the whole spotlight of the movie. He was fun to watch, I loved all his mannerism. He was just perfect for his role! He is my favorite character in the movie.

Maggie Q’s role was somehow irrelevant to me because I forgot about her easily. Her role had no background story, we didn't get to know why her character was involved right from the beginning but still she acted her role so well that one could easily miss out on why she didn't have a background story. Overall the cast did an amazing job all round.

The picturing and visuals were clear and beautiful. The cinematography was well done. The music was well selected but not that impressive for me because I felt there are better albums / songs out there that would have blended well this movie. The scene arrangements were excellently done, the action and stunts were filmed well. No bloody scenes and no gore. Also, not much profanity.

Rating this movie, I will give it 7.5 out of 10 stars. I enjoyed watching the movie, it was relaxing and fun. It was also entertaining. I would recommend this movie to anyone who loves a good family action and comedy movie. Have you seen this movie yet?