You cant blame him when you hear about his first paid job in the film industry.
Taking Care Of Business (1990)
Jimmy Dworski finally got a life… somebody elses!
The dynamic between Belushi and Grodin as comic foils and then unlikely allies works much as youd expect.
Unsurprisingly, outside of that commercial instinct, theres little here of the Abrams that we know today.
Here, its still an outline.
The connections havent been filled in; nothing makes much sense.
However, the story is increasingly implausible in its portrayal of the characters recovery.
He next directed Ford more than two decades later inThe Force Awakens.
Forever Young (1992)
Time waits for no man, but true love waits forever.
The third act is a little muddled, but its engaging enough to muster through all the same.
Gone Fishin (1997)
Even the fish are laughing!
It eventually wound up completing aLethal Weaponhat-trick for Abrams-penned movies by reuniting Glover and Pesci.
The result is appropriately chaotic, if not in the way that it was probably written to be.
It did not, but then it didnt have a 4% rating on Rotten Tomatoes either.
Armageddon (1998)
Earth.
It was fun while it lasted.
Background:Yep, thatArmageddon.
The film was released only two months afterDeep Impact, on Independence Day weekend when else?
According to Ben Affleck on the DVD commentary, director Michael Bays only answer was shut the fuck up.
Joy Ride, aka Roadkill (2001)
Dont screw with people you dont know.
UnlikeDuel, we hear more of Rusty Nail and Levines vocal performance drips with malice.
Theres more evidence of a muddled production here, but its not up on screen.
but both are credited on those films as the creators of the characters.
