OUT OF SYNCH BUT NEVER OUT OF STYLE – MEET THE “SOUL MEN”

Soul Men is neither brand new, nor an award winner. But I happened on it the other day and had the chance to watch it and I knew I had to share this with you! Starring Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac it is one of the funniest and most endearing films I have ever watched. Now first of all, heads up all 70’s lovers. For the older ones, prepare for a trip down memory lane. For the younger ones, prepare for a toe-tapping time! Well, with a title like “Soul Men” and Emmy® nominee Bernie Mac on board, you can expect nothing less…
Here’s how the story goes : The Real Deal was massive in the 70’s. They were a soul trio and did quite well for a time, but after two of the members – Floyd (Bernie Mac) and Louis (Samuel L. Jackson) had a fallout the band split up. While their lead singer raced on to solo stardom, Floyd and Louis vanished into backstage oblivion… Until said lead singer passes away 25 years later. All of a sudden the two of them have a chance to shine. Well, it is a memorial concert but still, the stage is the stage… For Floyd (now retired from a successful car dealership business and very bored) it is a chance to get back into the limelight he simply cannot refuse. For Louis (now finally out of jail) it’s a pain in the backside and not worth bothering with. And the organizers for the memorial concert want both of them. Just one will not do. So there is one thing left for Floyd to do. He must somehow hunt Louis down, convince him to go on stage again, sort out their differences, get to the Memorial concert 4 days later on time and in the meanwhile somehow get the very rusty remaining members of “The Real Deal” back into shape…
You may say “2 old geezers rocking and rolling. Really?” I have to say “Yeah, really.” Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac are one hell of a comedy duo. The music is absoloutely superb (if you like Soul that is – and I do). And there are even a few musical surprises (in the nice sense) further down the line. In short, for a Saturday night movie, you simply could not ask for more…