Los Angeles, 1977. A young woman hires Jackson Healy to put a beatdown on the PI that's been following her. This he duly does, but when two guys with guns turn up as Healy's place, looking for this self-same young woman, it seems the investigator he just beat down might be Healy's best bet to keep his erstwhile employer alive.
Quite how this ties into the case of a dead pornographic film star, neither Jackson nor his not entirely ethical new partner could ever foresee.
The Nice Guys is a fun action-comedy film. It derives most of its laughs from pratfalls and other such physical humour - not exactly high brow stuff - but it executes it well. It's also helped along by a strong cast who are well suited to their roles. While neither Ryan Gosling (as the PI) nor Russell Crowe (as Healy) are exactly going to be stretched by their respective characters, they certainly execute them well. There's also a fine performance from young Australian actor Angourie Rice, who plays the PI's daughter. IMDB tells me that Rice has a role in Spider-Man: Homecoming, which I am definitely A-OK with, based on her work here.
If you're looking for a fun action-comedy romp and don't mind that it has a relatively juvenile sense of humour, you could certainly do a lot worse.
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