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‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’ Review: Vince Vaughn and James Marsden in a Time

The Hollywood Reporter·@AngieHan·2 months ago
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By Angie Han Television Critic If you’ve ever seen a mob flick before, you’d be forgiven for assuming at first glance that you’ve seen a million movies just like Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, the second feature from writer-director BenDavid Grabinski (Happily). All the usual tropes would seem to be present and accounted for. There’s the gangster with the heart of gold (James Marsden’s Mike) who wants out of this ugly life. There’s the tragic love triangle between said gangster, his beautiful girlfriend (Eiza González’s Alice) and her husband (Vince Vaughn’s Nick), also a gangster and a far more vengeful one at that. There are corrupt cops, and reports of a mole, and an extra-special mystery assassin with an extra-nasty gimmick, who only gets flown in for the gnarliest jobs. But then…there’s also the time machine. In the context of the story, it has the power to send someone back from the future in hopes of changing the past.…

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