It’s the raucous party celebrating the prison release of Jimmy Boy (Jimmy Tatro), the golden son of crime lord Sosa (Keith David). The champagne is flowing, the boys are hollering, and Vince Vaughn’s intimidating gangster Nick is staring daggers into the back of the head of fellow gangster Mike (James Marsden). He’s so laser-focused on Mike that Nick barely notices his wife, Alice (Eiza González), come up to plant a kiss on his cheek and ask if they’ll be going to the after-party, or the after-after party. He gives a noncommittal answer, and an unhappy Alice breezily says she’ll have a girls' night instead, giving Mike a loaded glance. Thus, we’re introduced to our three players, whose night is about to go off the rails in bizarre and totally unforeseeable ways, thanks to a bit of time-travel tomfoolery.
If there’s a movie that could embody the word “zany,” it’s Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, a madcap time-travel romp that blows the lid off the sci-fi action comedy. BenDavid Grabinski writes and directs this Hulu movie, which is so bursting with wild energy and absurd antics that it feels like it’s deliberately pushing back against its direct-to-streaming release. At the very least, watching this one with a crowd makes it miles more entertaining.
