My husband likes spy movies, so he wanted to see this. I thought the premise sounded interesting until about 30 seconds into the movie. When he sold me on the movie, he didn't mention that the main characters were stoners. I knew from the moment I saw them pass the bong that this was not going to be a good movie. Nonetheless, I was surprised at just how bad it got.
I think you were supposed to be stoned while watching this movie, in order to not notice that the scenes didn't flow, and there was no logical progression from one thought to the next. I mean, really you end up with the guy you thought was the head of the CIA being murdered in the woods by the real head of the CIA, a character you haven't seen at all yet. It's ridiculous.
At some point you realize that Phoebe (Kristen Stewart) is former CIA herself, and quit her entire real life to be with this stoner guy she's supposed to be handling. Then she becomes a stoner herself, and falls in love with him. Even though she's lying to him not only about who she is but about who he is. But then you have to realize the whole Hawaii trip is her fault.
She knew he couldn't leave the town without violent panic attacks but she took him to the airport to go to Hawaii and then got mad at him because he couldn't leave. But she was the only one who knew why he couldn't leave! Also, the CIA is trying to kill him for trying to leave town, so clearly his handler should know that he's not allowed to leave town, and maybe, just maybe, she would try to encourage him not to leave town instead of trying to encourage him to leave town.
Overall, I give the movie an F for not thinking itself through and not having a plausible plot.
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