Less a movie than a set-up for a haggard series of intended comedy blackouts, the new film Get Hard relies far too heavily on the well-established screen personas of Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart to be successful on its own meager merits. Ferrell, working without the net of an established property for the first time since 2012's The Internship, retreats into the safe haven of a dim, dense, lovable mug, a wealthy financial expert named James King who is pleasantly oblivious to everyone other than himself. When he is framed for a financial crime, James rejects a plea deal endorsed by Martin (Craig T. Nelson), his boss and soon to be father-in-law, and is quickly convicted and sentenced to 10 years at San Quentin, a...
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