Guns Up

When a job goes catastrophically wrong, an ex-cop and devoted family man who moonlights as a mob henchman is left with a single night to get his loved ones out of the city alive. Edward Drake stages this as a fast, violent action-comedy, pairing high-stakes danger with a darkly funny streak as the clock runs down. Kevin James plays against type in the lead, with Christina Ricci and Luis Guzman rounding out a cast that keeps the chaos lively and the wisecracks landing amid the gunfire.

The tone is brash and propulsive, mixing brutal close calls with comic relief as one bad night spirals out of control. It barrels forward at a breakneck pace fitting its ticking-clock premise. Viewers who enjoy gritty action-comedies, crime capers with a body count, and the thrill of an everyman in way over his head will find this a rowdy, entertaining ride.