The Pickup (2025) is an action comedy movie, an intriguing and interesting movie that delivers laughter and chaos to it audience.
The Pickup is a movie directed by Tim Story. It's an action comedy movie that brings Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson together and those characters made me watch this movie. Eddie Murphy as Russell and Pete Davidson as Travis.
It's a story that begins with the two armored truck drivers doing their job and ends with a more dangerous heist. It's really intriguing and interesting, a movie that left me interested from the beginning to the end.
One of the greatest strength of this movie is the chemistry between Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson. They both created genuine comic moments for the viewers, even when they approached more dangerous actions and situations, they still maintained the comic and made it part of the action perfectly. Eddie Murphy, brought his effortless and familiar comedy style and, for Pete Davidson, he really acted like a dumbass and gave an unpredictable style of comedy.
Also, Keke Palmer gave a really strong and entertaining performance in this movie as Zoe. Her character was unpredictable and intelligent. Her performance and character were also very important in the actions and comedy of this movie. Her performance really made the movie more and more engaging to me. The intelligent performance in the heist and the way she also contributed in the comedy of this movie was really impressive and added humor and tension to the movie. Her determination to get the heist done in this movie, really stands out. Also, she bonded with other characters perfectly to make the action and comedy of this movie unique.
The actions in the movie blended naturally with the comedy, from the shootout, chase sequence, criminal schemes and many more. They all blended naturally and effortlessly with the comedy and this was what I loved about this movie more. The movie blended humor with actions. It wasn't an overly serious action movie. The characters in this movie are entertained and eager to keep watching.
The Pickup isn't without flaws, it's not an original movie for me, because I have also watched similar movies. The Pickup is predictable and follows a very familiar storyline, but regardless, I enjoyed watching due to the characters in this movie, they made the movie exceptional, regardless of the fact that the storyline isn't unique but familiar, for those who are looking for something unique and not predictable.
Regardless, The Pickup (2026) succeeded in entertaining the viewers. The movie is an easy watch filled with entertainment, action, betrayal and unforeseen troubles. The cast performance was great. The pairing of Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson made the movie fascinating to me.
The movie is a blend of comedy and actions that was what I enjoyed watching this movie. If you are enjoy watching movies full of action, comedy and crime, The Pickup (2025) is a great choice.
I will be rating the movie The Pickup (2025), 75/ 100.
Rating: 75/100
