Sometimes good movies fail. Unfortunately, in the volatile Hollywood landscape quality isn’t always enough to rake in the box office dollars, and “The Nice Guys” is proof. This Shane Black feature is one of the best action-comedy flicks released in the past decade, and yet it still failed to recoup its production costs and plans for a sequel were put on ice.
There is a silver lining to this story. Nine years on from its theatrical release in May 2016, “The Nice Guys” has developed a cult following, and its sharp writing and compelling chemistry between leads Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling have been praised. Even better, “The Nice Guys” just returned to the Netflix movie library at the start of the month (on Feb. 1), which should give it another injection of much-deserved recognition and attention.
