Stretch, a wannabe actor turned limo driver, has fallen on hard times. Recently dumped by his girlfriend for a pro athlete, Stretch finds himself spiraling into drug and gambling addiction. Now clean, Stretch is still struggling to go straight, owing nearly $6,000 dollars to a violent bookie after a botched gambling debt. When the bookie demands the money by midnight, Stretch takes on a job with a crazed billionaire, hoping to get a gigantic tip from the eccentric man. Unbeknownst to Stretch, this man's business practices aren't exactly legal, with the police attempting to track him down due to his dealings with some very dangerous criminals. Joe Carnahan's Stretch is very much in the same vein as his early film Smokin Aces - a absurd, action, comedy that features an wide variety of strange and crazy characters. This is a film that shows little interest in modest storytelling, offering a bombastic, stylistic approach that is a lot of fun from start to finish. Patrick Wilson is well cast as the main protagonist, but it's Chris Pine's eccentric billionaire character that steals the film. Somewhat reminiscent of his batshit crazy performance in Smokin Aces, Pine creates an even more bizarre character who ends up being a very important part of the narrative. Featuring a sharp, albeit stylishly generic dialogue, and a boatload of crazy circumstances and set-pieces, Stretch is without question an entertaining experience but unfortunately all of the film's larger ambitions centered around fate and destiny are half-baked and under-developed.
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