It's a bold move to stake your project around a one-note gimmick character. That note NEEDS to land or the entire thing falls apart.
This one completely falls apart.
Neckbeard mall-ninja cringe comedy is completely doable but too many of Onyx's jokes were long non-sequitur hillbilly tangents that were not funny. I felt like I was anticipating something, anything funny to happen until the movie ended.
Bartok was the only character that achieved some level of actual humor. The other characters were barely even attempting comedy, to give space for the comedy star of Onyx, but since Onyx wasn't funny, it was like nobody was doing anything.
It wasn't offensively bad- but it falls into the two worst possible categories for a comedy. A) Not funny, and B) completely mediocre.
This one completely falls apart.
Neckbeard mall-ninja cringe comedy is completely doable but too many of Onyx's jokes were long non-sequitur hillbilly tangents that were not funny. I felt like I was anticipating something, anything funny to happen until the movie ended.
Bartok was the only character that achieved some level of actual humor. The other characters were barely even attempting comedy, to give space for the comedy star of Onyx, but since Onyx wasn't funny, it was like nobody was doing anything.
It wasn't offensively bad- but it falls into the two worst possible categories for a comedy. A) Not funny, and B) completely mediocre.