I don’t know if Rob Corddry is married, but I kinda hope not. And no, that doesn’t stem from any personal motivations I might have. Being a bald dude – in Hollywood or anywhere else – limits you in a great many ways. Why go talk to some random woman on the street when you know her eye’s aren’t gonna meet yours, just your hairline. Surely, Corddry realized that a while ago. But since his time on The Daily Show and his subsequent jaunt through big budget comedies, the guy’s probably been able to encounter folks who are blinded by his celebrity and not the glare from his bald pate. As long as he stays away from the Kardashians, he should be alright.
Even with Corddry’s relatively successful – and one would assume lucrative – film career, he’s still not a leading man. And yes, that has to do with his hair cut. While he most likely won’t ever be at the center of a film franchise, the actor’s been able to prove himself a funny guy in any number of roles. Appearing in Operation: Endgame, what seems to be a cut rate action film, was probably as a result of finding the whole thing entertaining and not for the prospect of fame and fortune, although, he probably pulled down more than most of us make in a few years for a couple month’s work.
Joined by everyone from Ellen Barkin, Zach Galifianakis to Jeffrey Tambor, Corddry’s in good company even as the script doesn’t do much for any of the involved performers. That being said, spy movies are pretty entertaining by and large. Including a pair of omniscient narrators, who wind up seeming like those two guys in the balcony from The Muppet Show, was a bad idea. But there’re aren’t too many ways to cure a film suffering from a script devised as a series of vignettes in which principal cast members kill each other.
After some spy group’s been beset by a spy, all involved pair up to keep an eye on things. As one might guess, half of all involved end up dead and no one knows whose actually responsible. Barkin’s character – how is she that old, dang! – does a bunch of killing. But even when viewers think they’ve figured everything out, there’s a bit of a twist at the end to make an otherwise mundane piece of work something worth a viewing. But just one.
