Basically, there are two different stories with two different genres happening in Michael Dowse’s new movie, Stuber, written by Tripper Clancy. The first story is a hardboiled police story, entangling a gigantic yet shortsighted cop, Victor (Dave Bautista, Guardians of the Galaxy, Blade Runner 2049), pursuing an Indonesian drug-lord, Oka Tedjo (Iko Uwais with a hybrid yet authentic name) to avenge his killed partner. The second story is a rom-com centering on a hapless Uber driver, Stu (Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick) struggling to express his feelings to Becca (Betty Gilpin, GLOW), his unrequited love. Strange but true, both stories complement each other to make a dumb-fun Uber ride through the night.
The unlikely alliance begins as post-Lasik operation Vic gets his vision blurred for ...