Review of Kindergarten Cop (1990) by Stefan G — 15 May 2015

I can understand an actor wanting to expand his range. In fact, this can do wonders for not just an actor's career, but his or her skill on screen. For me, however, this film proves that Schwarzenegger is better at action films.

Not that this is a bad movie. In fact, it's a film that actually shows a lot of potential as a comedy film. The story is a decent change of pace, but at the very first part, it seems not to make sense, not until we transition to the suburban setting.

The main premise is rather silly and hard to believe, but the writing is solid, and the film builds up to a somewhat well-executed conclusion. The characters are alright, and their played quite well, although this is one of those films where Arnie steals pretty much all the limelight, which is rightfully so because he outperforms everyone else.

Overall, this film was competent at both action and comedy, with a healthy dose of action, plenty of balanced humour (meaning that it isn't just a machine gun comedy film). It's not a bad film, but it's not as good as it could have been, but that doesn't make it irredeemable.

In fact, if you've got nothing else, you could at least watch this, and it wouldn't be so bad.