The Man From Toronto Review: Hart & Harrelson Drop The Ball In Comedy Dud

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In the mid-2000s, audiences began recognizing Kevin Hart in small roles in Along Came Polly and Party Down. The goodwill he was building would go on to be the springboard for expanding his stand-up comedy audience and opening the door for his massive film career. The difference between those early movies and films like The Man From Toronto is not Hart’s role, but his comedic contribution diminishing. In The 40 Year Old Virgin, Hart legitimately hijacks one of the best comedies of that decade for one scene. His impact on that film is monumental and it is essentially a cameo. In Scary Movie 3, he and Anthony Anderson were the best part of a franchise that was knocking on death's door, with Hart the only irreplaceable new addition to that cast. Director Patrick Hughes (The Hitman’s Bodyguard) is certainly capable of making a funny Woody Harrelson action-comedy but The Man From Toronto is not it. Most of all, the movie reaffirms the fact that we still don’t have the iconic, big-budget Hart movie his career has been working towards.

Teddy (Hart) is a down-on-his-luck aspiring fitness guru who loves his girlfriend (Jasmine Mathews). She loves him back, but his inability to self-start his career is beginning to drive a wedge in their relationship. He decides to take her on a romantic birthday weekend to brighten things up in their relationship, but gets the wrong directions to their lodging. Upon arrival, the patrons assume he is who they have been waiting for: The Man From Toronto, a torturing, ruthless, assassin. The real Man From Toronto (Harrelson) bursts in at the last second and finishes the job. Toronto wants his name back and Teddy just wants to get to dinner in time. The only thing stopping the odd couple from