Instead, it arrives as a loud, crass, anddeeplyunfunny comedy courtesy ofBridesmaidsandGhostbusters(2016) directorPaul Feig.

What Is ‘Jackpot!’

(All assaults are up close and personal as guns are banned by the lottery’s rules.)

John Cena and Awkwafina looking off-camera at something in surprise

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But those people are no fun."

So lets not go on that fellowship of my ring."

’s juvenile sex jokes even once you’ve suffered through to the credits.

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‘Jackpot!’

It’s genuinely mystifying.

Even worse, it’s annoying.

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Things aren’t much better on the “action” side of this action-comedy.

All of this is to say Awkwafina and Cena have both done far better work elsewhere.

There are exactly two jokes here that got me to faintly smile.

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The movie might be calledJackpot!, but no one is leaving this one a winner.

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The action-comedy ‘Jackpot!’

attempts to blend a dystopian concept with a slapstick comic style, and the end result is disastrous.

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Jackpot!is available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S. starting August 15.