It has been fairly a journey for Cuba Gooding Jr. Once we first noticed him, he was only a goofy-looking 20-year-old child making an attempt to maintain a straight face as Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Corridor yukked it up as closely made-up (by the nice Rick Baker) old-timers at a Queens barbershop in “Coming to America.” Three years later, he was the lead of John Singleton’s groundbreaking drama “Boyz n the Hood,” which launched him to big-screen stardom. Or ought to have, anyway. As a substitute, Hollywood relegated him to thankless supporting roles in crap like “Lightning Jack” and “Outbreak” till he lastly obtained one other function worthy of his expertise in Cameron Crowe’s “Jerry Maguire.” As Arizona Cardinals extensive receiver Rod Tidwell, Gooding did the sports activities world a service by demonstrating that uniquely gifted people preventing to maximise their earnings earlier than mentioned expertise fades will not be the enemy; it is the enterprise that fights exhausting to devalue them to save lots of a buck or two that is worthy of our scorn.
Gooding gained a deserved Finest Supporting Actor Oscar for that efficiency, which lastly launched him to big-screen stardom. Or ought to have, anyway. As a substitute, he was apparently solely worthy of two-handers with established greats like Anthony Hopkins, Robert De Niro, and Skeet Ulrich. By the mid-2000s, Gooding may get arrested, however not in something value watching (save for Ridley Scott’s “American Gangster”). By the top of the 2000s, Gooding had been charged by 30 ladies with sexual misconduct. He settled a rape lawsuit in 2020, and is at the moment the co-defendant in a sexual assault lawsuit introduced in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Given the a number of pending and settled lawsuits introduced in opposition to Gooding, it is a unhappy commentary on our society that individuals are nonetheless eager to look at him in motion pictures. However for those who’re nonetheless down to look at him tarnish what’s left of his profession, have I obtained a film for you.
The most recent entry within the Angels Fallen franchise
From Uncork’d Leisure, the distributors of dire, cheap-looking motion pictures that includes individuals who was contenders in varied areas of leisure, comes “Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace.” It is the sequel to “Angels Fallen” (which has nothing to do with the “Angel Has Fallen” franchise). The movie simply premiered on Amazon Prime, and is at the moment the service’s third hottest film behind “Infinite” and the severely worthwhile “Abigail.” Judging from the trailer, it stars Gooding because the angel Balthazar who’s tasked with motivating an Iraq Struggle veteran to spherical up a preventing pressure of excellent guys (together with former UFC champion Randy Couture and Denise Richards) to beat down a demon military despatched by hell to take over the Earth.
Does it look promising? God, no. It seems to be low-cost, silly, and unwatchable, no matter which substances you’ve got plowed into your system. It seems to be just like the type of film Eric Roberts makes on the way in which to creating one other film (that film would’ve been “Angels Fallen,” the precursor to “Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace”). But it surely’s right here, and it is inexplicably well-liked on Amazon Prime. If that feels like your type of rubbish that provides trash a foul title, bon appétit.
