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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

The Comeback Trail
2020
**
Director: George Gallo
Cast: Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman, Zach Braff, Emile Hirsch, Eddie Griffin, Kate Katzman, Blerim Destani

After Killer Nuns bombs at the box office, the movie's producer Max Barber struggles to pay back his loan to a mob boss. He decides to carry out an insurance scam, which requires the elderly star of his next movie to drop dead during the shoot. This comedy is set in 1974 and it is a remake of a 1982 film of the same name. The set-up is like a mix of The Ladykillers and The Producers. Despite the promising premise, the film is not funny and some of the performances are awful.