While many will count Jared Hess' Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre as oddball cult favorites, the rest of his equally bizarre filmography are hardly memorable. Nobody seemed to understand what the heck Gentlemen Broncos was about, and Hess' most recent film Don Verdean was not received well at Sundance earlier this year. But maybe going a bit more mainstream will turn things around, and with Zack Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Kristen Wiig, and Owen Wilson leading the heist comedy Masterminds, that's exactly what Hess is doing.
A new trailer for Masterminds has been released and basically it looks about as silly as the cast would suggest. Galifianakis plays a bored, armored car driver who is duped by his workplace crush (Wiig) and a couple of criminal lightweights to pull off one of the biggest heists in history. Here's the full synopsis:
In this action comedy inspired by true events, directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite; Nacho Libre), David Ghantt (Zach Galifianakis) discovers the true meaning of adventure far beyond his wildest dreams. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. Day in and day out he drives an armored vehicle, transporting millions of other people’s money with no escape in sight. The only glimmer of excitement is his flirtatious work crush Kelly Campbell (Kristen Wiig) who soon lures him into the scheme of a lifetime. Along with a group of half-brained criminals led by Steve Chambers (Owen Wilson) and an absurdly faulted heist plan, David manages the impossible and makes off with $17 million in cash…only problem is he foolishly hands the money over to this wild group of double crossers and has been set up to take the fall. With the bandits blowing the millions on lavish and ridiculous luxuries, they leave behind a glaring trail of evidence. Now on the lam and in over his head, David must dodge the authorities, evade a hilarious hit man, Mike McKinney (Jason Sudeikis), and try to turn the tables on the ones he trusted most.
Co-starring future Ghostbusters Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon, Masterminds opens August 9th.
