I'm the kind of Lonely Island fan that will watch anything Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, or Jorma Taccone are cooking up (and while wearing my bootleg Awesometown shirt that I got off RedBubble in 2009, mind you). So when I learned that Taccone was directing an English-language remake of The Trip, a Norwegian action-horror comedy about a couple who plan on murdering each other during a relaxing stay at their cottage, I was sold.
Since his last solo directorial venture was 2010's MacGruber, which gave us 91 minutes of Will Forte ripping out tracheas with his bare hands, I had a feeling we were in for a funny, moderately violent ride. In reality, however, Over Your Dead Body is a nearly two-hour-long gorefest with kills that would make Michael Myers jealous – and no, we never cut away from a severed finger or stab to the head. Beneath all the blood, however, is a surprisingly sweet love story that will have you clapping in the theater at the end (and calling your significant other to suggest some good old-fashioned couples therapy).
