Boomerang (1992)

Darius: So apparently some chain restaurant in Texas, I guess it's there. Hooters called Twin Peaks is closing and someone said the restaurant is a as a dying breed because there's too much social shame in like going to ogle scantily clad women while eating chicken wings. I agree. You do look like a loser at Hooters in 2026.

Jordan: Yeah, you do. Hey everybody, welcome to the Out the Trunk Pod with Jordan and Darius. My name is Jordan. You can follow me at all socials, Jordy B Writing.

Darius: And I'm Darius. That's Steve's. I love your area on all socials.

Jordan: And today we're going to be reviewing Boomerang, classic comedy, came out in 1992, starring the goat, Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, another goat. David Alan Greer, Martin Lawrence, Grace Jones, Jeffrey Holder, Eartha Kitt, the original Catwoman, and Chris Rock before he got his teeth fixed. And pre-slap. This was John with this one on there.

Darius: We got to add the OG.

Jordan: Oh yeah, the legend John with this one RIP. He wasn't listening on there either. Wow, Boomerang Stars. It's about a man named Marcus Graham, who's a high-flying marketing executive and serial womanizer who meets his match in his new boss, Jacqueline Boyer. As he experiences life from the other side of the pursuit, Marcus must decide between superficial perfection and a genuine connection that challenges his shallow perspectives. I'm going to throw it to you for Act One.

Darius: Act one, we're going to call the hunter becomes the prey. Marcus enjoys status as a legendary bachelor until a corporate merger introduces Jacqueline. He is instantly smitten, but finds himself struggling to navigate a relationship where he lacks control. First observation is a bunch of these older movies. I'm always surprised at how formal the dress used to be amongst upper middle class. Yeah, both at work and at home. I don't know about you, man. I have not worn a tie since COVID. Like these people were just like having dinner at home in a jacket and tie.

Jordan: Yeah, they were fly as **** though.

Darius: Yeah, they were. The fits were fly. I'm just like, man, everyone is just so dressed up for regular day-to-day stuff. So that always stands out to me. What else you get? What you got for act one?

Jordan: Yeah, I haven't worn a tie since. The last wedding that I went to. Makes sense. But yeah, so first, my first observation in this movie, well, obviously, insane cast, like super loaded. I also, I want to give Eddie Murphy a shout out, not only just for being a legend, but like for being one of the, to me, a testament to like a really like generous actor or collaborator is if you see them work with like the same people over and over again. And if you notice, you always see like In his early movies before they all blew up, you always saw Martin and his ****. You saw Chris Rock in his ****. You saw Tracy Morgan in his ****. He was one of those guys who, if he was up, everybody around him was up too. He put everybody on. And I always really appreciated that about him.

Darius: Yeah, I have it here in my notes. You know, were Martin and Gina background characters in every black movie before they got this show? Because Gina's the neighbor. And I was like, damn, Martin and Gina were in House Party. They were in, they were in a lot of stuff before they got the show.

Jordan: They were.

Darius: So, it's like going back, you think, Like these people who had these huge sitcoms just kind of started at the sitcom, but they almost always had work they put in before, because you don't just get a TV show with your name on it.

Jordan: Yeah, you don't just get a show.

Darius: But I was a kid, I wasn't watching Def Comedy Jam and following the comic circuit. So to me, Martin started with the show. And I was like, clearly though, he put in some groundwork there. But yeah, man, Eddie is notorious for keeping his, you know, putting his people on, man, his brother. Made a whole career out of being Eddie Murphy's brother. Yeah, RIP. Charlie Murphy, RIP.

Jordan: Yeah, that's true. Also, like he got so many legends in this movie, man. Earth the Kitt as just like the crazy, crazy boss. Man.

Darius: Also, I believe he got, I think this was his first like non-comedic role, even though I mean there's comics.

Jordan: Yeah, I think so. I was going to say, yeah, I think so. Because this really wasn't a comedy. It's really more just like a romantic drama, basically. Yeah. And he's, I think, from my mind, he's one of the, like, compared to comedians, he's probably one of the greater dramatic actors ever, compared to his contemporaries. I personally think he should have won that Oscar for Dreamgirls, but that's just me. Yeah, I always love when he does a serious role because he doesn't do them quite often.

Darius: Yeah, I mean, honestly, I look at life like a serious role. I know there was funny moments in it, but I wouldn't call life a comedy.

Jordan: It's yeah, it's a really sad story.

Darius: Yeah. And so no, I mean, he's it's funny because I'm a little bit after Eddie Murphy's like his, you know, his his generation is like my dad. And they would fear him. Like you talked to some old heads about Eddie Murphy and he is like, nobody, like, I can't even, there's no one in comedy today that we would even compare like the way they think today. Pretty much like they'll still like he'll drop some terrible Netflix movie and old heads will watch that **** because Eddie Murphy's in it. Like they just don't like that's all he still to this day moves units just because he Eddie Murphy and the movies aren't even good anymore.

Jordan: Anybody who was in their 20s in the 80s or 90s, Eddie Murphy's like God to them. Like when we were kids, my dad, we hadn't seen it stand up, but my dad would do the ice cream song. We'd eat ice cream as kids. And then growing up later, I was like, oh, that's where that's from. Like, cause I'd heard it my whole life.

Darius: He was the star of SNL. Yes. Like just straight up LeBron James level prodigy for comedy. Yes.

Jordan: He's literally a child prodigy.

Darius: To this day, people say he's the greatest SNL cast member and he left show 50. Alone ever. All right, Act 2, taste of his own medicine. As Marcus falls deeper for Jacqueline, her emotional unavailability mirrors his own past behavior. Meanwhile, his friendship with Angela deepens, offering a grounded contrast to the corporate power games. And let me just say, Halle Berry as the everyday woman is just ridiculous. Yes.

Jordan: You know, that's my first note.

Darius: You have to do the last of belief to come to that conclusion.

Jordan: Two very unbelievable things in this movie. This is one of the other one I'll get to in third act, but this is one of them, like the fact that Halle Berry is like the sidekick friend that you pass over to get to the other girl.

Darius: The everyday girl, you know, the plain Jane. They even like put her in his like baggy, unattractive clothing and she still looks gorgeous in them.

Jordan: And that stupid, those stupid *** hats she was wearing. What the **** were those fez caps?

Darius: That was their way of like making, like ugly her up.

Jordan: Yeah. No, not at all. Yeah. Have you seen not another teen movie?

Darius: I have not, no.

Jordan: So it's in the same vein as like the scary movies where it makes fun of all the genre, the 2000s, late 90s movies, you know, like she's all that. And bring it on and all that stuff, whatever. And there's the character who's like the obviously super attractive girl who they just slap glasses and a ponytail on. And they're like, ew, she's ugly. Like, you know.

Darius: There's Zoe Deschanel. Yeah, So did Lola Rashawn and Robin Gibbons look alike or am I tripping? Yes, Because I was just like, it took me like, I've seen.

Jordan: I never realized it until this movie.

Darius: But I was like, wait, he has three women?

Jordan: Yeah, Layla Rashaan. Yeah, she's they do look a lot alike. I think Layla has a softer face than Robin. But yeah, they do look a lot alike for sure.

Darius: Once I once I figured it out, it was easy to tell apart. But like in the beginning, I didn't realize he has three women. What you got for act two, man.

Jordan: Yeah, she took my Hallie and Robin point. That was that was the first thing I wrote down. I literally wrote Hallie greater sign Robin. Yeah. And then I also wrote something they kind of established, obviously there's an attraction in chemistry there, but they're like, oh, we're just going to be coworkers and keep it cool, blah, blah, blah, whatever. And he asked her to dinner because they got to talk about like the work stuff. And she's like, oh, I don't know. And I just wanted to say, like, there's nothing more annoying than when you establish a set of boundaries with someone and they try to act like you can't handle the boundaries.

Darius: Yeah.

Jordan: Like, it's like, you know, you ever like, like the girl or whatever. And she's like, Oh, let's just be friends. Like, okay, cool. But then, like, whenever you hang out, she's like, Are you sure you can handle, like, hanging out with me?

Darius: Yeah, I guess I have experienced that, though. I will say, I don't know. Yes, I have experienced that. Yeah, but like, I didn't know that that was I forget who made that joke, the workload over a meal. Someone else made that joke later on. I didn't know it was a callback to this movie. But to be said, to be fair, inviting a co-worker over for dinner to talk about work. Why can't I go to a restaurant? Like why are you making salmon with rosemary and butter and all that?

Jordan: Well, I said that before they cut to the scene because I thought they were going out to dinner. I didn't realize he was going to have her at the crib. Yeah, that was a little crazy.

Darius: Dope crib. Was this in New York City? It was in New York City.

Jordan: By the way, I think New York City is like the best place to shoot rom-coms or romantic movies personally. Like I think like it's made for those kind of movies.

Darius: Yeah, but it's just, you know, this is a common trope that we go back to. I am sure Marcus did very, very well for himself at this job as a marketing executive. That was a multi-million dollar apartment.

Jordan: That was probably Eddie Murphy's house.

Darius: It's like ******* Central Park, Manhattan ******* penthouse suite. That's a CEO's apartment. That is not. I'm sure he did.

Jordan: He had a grand piano in there.

Darius: Yeah, I mean, that was a multi-million dollar apartment for New York City in Manhattan. You know, he was that dude. I forgot about Earth the Kid too, man. He hit that old lady. You got to do what you got to do to get ahead, I guess.

Jordan: You got to do what you got to do, bro. But the funny thing is, it was all for nothing because she had no control over the company. I would have been ******.

Darius: I think he was okay with it. He didn't look too.

Jordan: I personally never rest in peace to the legend. She never really did it for me. So she did.

Darius: I wouldn't.

Jordan: Yeah, I would have needed the promotion.

Darius: She's been an old hag my whole life.

Jordan: Yeah.

Darius: Is she gone?

Jordan: Yeah, she's been gone 20 years. Yeah.

Darius: This might have been her last movie. No, RIP to the legend, but out of hit, I would have **** it. I'll sleep my way to the top if that's what it takes. Obviously it didn't work out that way for him, but yeah.

Jordan: Yeah, I get you.

Darius: But he ended up sleeping with Jacqueline and it made work awkward, which is another podcast trope of mine. What lesson did we learn today, kids?

Jordan: Do not **** your co-workers.

Darius: Don't **** your co-workers.

Jordan: Don't **** your co-workers.

Darius: Don't **** your co-workers.

Jordan: Unless you're on a, unless you have gotten that 30 day notice, then it's all systems go.

Darius: Fair. You just, it just, it's never going, well, this, it actually ended up working out fine, but You're just playing with fire and you need that job. You are. There are other women on earth that aren't directly tied to your employment. And so you should **** them. Right. Don't ****.

Jordan: That won't **** ** your ability to pay your bills and provide a life for yourself.

Darius: Yeah. **** the girl at the jail. **** the girl at the bar. I wouldn't do that either, but don't **** your co-workers.

Jordan: So yeah, church, church is cool.

Darius: **** the girl at church. That's also an option.

Jordan: Open mic nights, you know what I'm saying?

Darius: Open mic nights. It's not your coworkers. Anywhere but your coworkers.

Jordan: Yeah, anywhere but there. Neighborhood's also a bad idea, I'd say, but you know, get how you live. I concur.

Darius: What else you got, Frank, too, man.

Jordan: One thing I do really miss. Yeah, man, one thing I really do miss about the 90s is the fashion. Like every, like all aspects of fashion were like top shelf, like the dress. The dress clothes were like awesome. Like I love the style of the suits. I like kind of like a little bit of the baggy with the tapered look, you know, they had like the, you know, the HBCU **** on in the gym. The sweatpants were all the sweatsuits were always like fly as **** you know, the windbreakers and ****. I just really miss the 90s, man. Like the 90s aesthetic. What a time to be alive.

Darius: Yeah. I agree. I think that if I could pick any era to be born in the 90s the economy was booming music was good and um yeah we have more stuff these days but I don't think we're happier I thought it was yeah it might it just would have been better to be outside before social media you know hell yeah and I know it's a joke to like I think the 80s would have been but I just think it was better before yeah I.

Jordan: Think the 80s would have been really fun time to to be young in um as well. I love the music, love the fashion and **** at that time too. But 90s, 90s, like the go to decade to me. I also like, obviously, his move is called Boomerang. He's basically getting his karma in, you know, the form of this woman who treats him how we treated women. But her leaving that 200 bucks on the nightstand was ******* crazy. Yeah, she really treated him like a hoe. She treated him like a hoe the whole movie.

Darius: That would have been it for me. actually I think it was it for him at the movie uh but ******* man although 200 in the 90s that might that's probably like fo now.

Jordan: That's like $1,000 uh that's a.

Darius: Pair of J's you know so.

Jordan: Uh yeah man that's a few in the 90s.

Darius: But don't tip me like I'm a ******* gigolo I don't like *** **** yeah what you you got anything else rag too bad um.

Jordan: I feel like this movie is a great response to that thing that people say where relationships work best when the men loves the woman more. And this movie kind of shows, no, it doesn't.

Darius: I like people who say this or people who don't.

Jordan: It works best when both people care equally.

Darius: Yeah. I just, who is keeping track of these things, right? Like who is, who is, who's balancing the beam to see who likes who more? It just, that's not the way things, to me that's internet dating. People who don't actually leave the house and date people in real life, they just debate dating on the internet all day because no one does this. No one has these conversations. I never, who likes who more? You just talking to this new girl, do you like her more? Nobody does that. That's internet stuff. That's not the way dating works in the real world. Yeah. You know, so anything else for act two?

Jordan: Oh yeah. So there's a scene where they're in the store and the white guys doing the whole stereotypical white person thing when you're in a nice store following them and **** like that and saying, you know, they don't take They don't do layaway and ****. My thing is, I always hate when they do these scenes in movies where it's like, just leave. Like, I hate when they, at least in this movie, they didn't do a thing where like, it's like, oh, I'm gonna show you, I'm gonna buy a bunch of things to show you that I have money, you know? It's like, just leave.

Darius: Yeah, I'm gonna teach you a lesson about boosting your commission today. Right. I know, yeah. It's like, You know, what was it like when Jim Jim Jones was mad because Gucci was ignoring him and he, like, went viral. And I'm like, you know, leave like what? Yeah, it is. It was. It was like I think it was some bakery in Colorado. And they had a they were like a Christian bakery and. This is a major case that went all the way up to the Supreme Court. And they, this gay couple wanted to bake a cake for their wedding and they refused based off of religious. I agree with it. And they sued them. And I'm like, the case went all the way up to the Supreme Court. So it was adjudicated there where the bakery factory won, right? But the whole time I was like, so you're suing them. And if they lose, you win the right to buy a cake from them. What do you, there's no other bakery in Colorado? Because I'm not going to sue you for the right to do business with you.

Jordan: No, I just want more self-respect for all people. It actually, I was thinking about this today for some reason, and it's like, you know, obviously there's civil rights moving and, you know, the lunch counter things and all the protests and stuff, that happened in 60s and 70s, 70s, 50s through 70s, basically. And it made me laugh because I remember someone tweeted it was viral. It was like, oh, that just gets some unseasoned food.

Darius: Well, okay. It's a little bit different when the state sanctions, you know, like you can't go to any diners or sundown towns. But like, I promise you, it.

Jordan: Did make you think though, like You wonder if they went in there and then finally got a meal. If they were like, man, this **** was trash.

Darius: This doesn't taste like Lowry's. Everything I eat tastes like Lowry's and hot sauce.

Jordan: This dude not tastes like my grandma's cookies.

Darius: Which is just dousing Lowry's and lemon pepper seasoning and then frying the ******* life out of the fish.

Jordan: They put no foot in this cookie.

Darius: Yeah, you know, just. I'm the same way, like we go downtown, these places with dress codes, and if the bounce was tripping, I'm like, dude, I'm just, all right, have a good day. I'm not, I'm not gonna beg you to let me into this bar to buy your drinks. Like, you're not, you're overpriced watering out. I'm not, I'm not I'm not going to show up looking crazy. Show up wearing regular clothes. And if it's not good enough for your establishment, there's 30 other bars on the street. I'll just go to the other one.

Jordan: Yeah.

Darius: Oh, it's not. It's never that serious where I'm begging you to let me come in and buy your highest.

Jordan: Yeah, correct. And the **** really don't ever be lit like that anyway.

Darius: So no, I can't. I cannot remember the last time time I went downtown, especially, oh, yeah, I live here downtown Raleigh. And at the end of that, I was like, damn, that was dope. That was a great time. I came here. Let's get in Act 3 so we can, we got these connected in connection issues. Act 3, the soft landing. Professional and personal lives collide as Marcus finally realizes what truly matters. He must confront his insecurities and make a choice between his ego and a chance at authentic love with Halle Berry. Tough, tough, tough call.

Jordan: What you got for that case. I have three basically where one of the pivotal moments obviously is where they have a Thanksgiving dinner.

Darius: He's coordinate.

Jordan: His place is coordinate and they got to they got to wash the dish because he's, you know, got all the dishes all over the place. They crash him and Halle Berry crash and they, you know, hook up, whatever. And then they basically just started dating, which to me was weird because, well, for one, she basically was the rebound to me, right? Like that's a fair assessment. And then also, my thing is like, how did he think that was going to go with his friend? Like he thought he was going to be like, oh, happy for you.

Darius: Yeah. Cause his friend like dated her for real. Like they went out a few times.

Jordan: Like they dated, dated. Yeah. It wasn't just he had a crush.

Darius: Yeah. That's rough.

Jordan: She did friends on him though. So that was his to me. That's on him to keep to. If you're going to keep spending time with someone like that, you're betraying yourself. So for me, I feel like in that situation, all three of them were in the wrong in some way, shape or form. No, but I did feel like they kind of I did feel like they didn't dirty, though.

Darius: Marcus was tripping. He could have. He could have, especially someone like him. He could have found another girl.

Jordan: Yeah.

Darius: Yeah. And then he went to his friend and had to tell him, like, I get it. And now I'm with I'm with David Alegura's character on this one. That was now. But yeah, me too. I don't know. Like, it's tough, though, because they did love each other. And if I'm following the logic of the movie. Yeah, the first two people, David Alan Greer and Halle Berry, never really date. Like, there's no. She was never dating him. He was dating her. But it was very correct. Friendly esque.

Jordan: Yeah, she was. He was in the friends for sure.

Darius: But she knew what she was doing, too. And so correct. Real life is complicated, man. I don't know if there's, you know, clear cut good guys and bad guys on this one.

Jordan: Yeah. Well, that was my thing, too, because it was like, you know, she he then, you know, finally gets this **** together, back together after crashing out. And Robin sees he's got a **** together. So now she wants to **** with him again because she wants to see if she can still get access to him, which he grants. So he cheats. And then Halle Berry's mad at him. And I'm like, Whoa. You knew you was the rebound. You knew he really wanted her the whole time. He's been ignoring you this whole movie. He only ****** you because she was there and he was like sad. You know, I don't like for me, I'm very big on like, if you knew what this was in the beginning or if you knew who I was when we met and we have a certain arrangement, why are you acting like you don't know what the arrangement is?

Darius: Well, so There's what you say and there's your behavior, right? And the things people do are more revealing than the things they say. And he can set up these arrangements and that's great. But, you know, you slept with that woman, right? And you knew how she felt about you. And, you know, it's easy to say, well, I never said I was your boyfriend, but like, I don't know, you were behaving like one. And so, you know, it's it's tough. It's That's a tough, I mean, I said, man, there's no dating is complicated.

Jordan: There's no black and white in this movie.

Darius: Yeah, dating is complicated and it was interesting to watch them navigate the intricacies and complications there that come with that. So is this movie good?

Jordan: I think the second-half of the movie is the best part of the movie.

Darius: Okay. Is that a yes?

Jordan: Like I say, I'd say it's a good movie. It's not, it's not great. I think it's got a lot of the 90s stars, so I can't tell it quite if it aged well or not. I don't think the comedy aged great. I'd say you could do away with the first 20 minutes of the movie.

Darius: Yeah.

Jordan: But yeah, I think like, because some movies they start out strong and they just run out of gas completely yeah to me the test I'd rather I'd rather take a movie that ends well that has a strong finish then that has a strong beginning so I'd say that about this movie I will say though I the ending to me there's no real resolution like he just kind of brings the kids to her office and is like I love you and she's like okay cool let's get back together and I'm like well she's gonna know effectively cheated going to ignore the fact that you have to do it, the fact that his best friend had feelings for you. Like, I don't know. That's my only issue with the movie, really.

Darius: Well, it was at a two hour run time, so they probably just clipped it there. I mean, I get it was fine. The ending was fine. I just. Yeah, you could tell Eddie Murphy had his fingerprints all over the script because, like, Marcus, like, I'm kind of I'm told he's a ladies man, but I'm not really shown it in any way.

Jordan: Correct.

Darius: He just kind of. There's like no beginning to the movie. Yeah, It's cool. I don't know. Like I've seen it before, but I've rewatched it for the pod. And it's just like, while I was rewatching it for the pod, I'm like, do I like this movie? Or do I just think that people in the movie are I'm familiar with the character, the actors and actresses in the movie, but do I like it?

Jordan: Yeah. So, okay, interesting. So for me, I think if I were to like things that would fix the movie, I would fix the first act or rewrite the first act. Grace Jones character.

Darius: Could do without that.

Jordan: Why? And I think it's one of those things where, when certain actors want to, be viewed a certain way, so they take a drastic, if the comedy guy goes and does a movie where they play a serial killer, or, the drama guy goes and does some stupid movie to try to prove that they have a light-hearted side kind of thing.

Darius: Joseph Gordon Levitt did that terrible movie with Scarlett Johansson, or he was like.

Jordan: Yeah, Don John, yeah, he was like a guido or whatever.

Darius: Yeah, he was like the director. It was really bad.

Jordan: And he was on his way up. He had just an inception in the five days of summer. He really ruined his career with that movie. I just think I love Looper. That's my ****.

Darius: He's just a supporting actor. You know, everybody can't be a lead. And he's a really good supporting actor. And that's right.

Jordan: He's a really good big, big, big guy.

Darius: You know, settle into that. But no, I mean, I just think this movie is cool. I just watched it and I'm just like, if the audience is listening, I really have a lot to add to the because it's very boilerplate.

Jordan: Yeah.

Darius: And it's just hire a bunch well they weren't famous at the time but hire a bunch of talented people give them a pretty bland script script of a of a playboy who meets his match and then falls with the everyday girl um I just find the most attractive people you can find and put them in those roles and correct you know I just if you yeah I I just thought it was cool it was I you know.

Jordan: Yeah I think honestly I think the problem is Eddie Murphy I'm sure he did great with ladies. One, you're funny and two, you're movie star like, but I think he wanted to be seen as like a ladies man. And that's kind of what the whole point of this movie was. You know what I mean? And it just wasn't, he's just, I don't want to say he's not believable as a ladies man, but he's not believable as a, you know, like the James Bond womanizer type. You know what I mean?

Darius: Yeah, I can see that. I mean, he hit Whitney Houston though. So I mean, he was somebody's like, man.

Jordan: He did.

Darius: And I did not know that. Whitney Houston's former person, former assistant Robin, I think.

Jordan: Yeah, Robin. Yeah.

Darius: Wrote a book about their lives together and revealed that Eddie Murphy, like, obviously they slept together. And then he like stood her up later or something like that in the book. I read that like 5 or 6 years ago. So.

Jordan: That's crazy.

Darius: Yeah. So he was outside in the 80s?

Jordan: No, he was. There's that picture of him eating steak off a bottle's back in Paris.

Darius: No one's going to ever ask him what he was doing, giving that lady a ride home that night.

Jordan: Okay, we got to talk about that. Because in this movie, there's a scene where they're talking about they saw like a There was like a call, a phone text line with it. And I was like, I didn't know the timing of the incident. Let me Google this real quick because I got to know. Yeah, it happened in 97. So this is before that. Yeah. Okay. Because I was like, it's a little too on the nose. No, no.

Darius: I mean, that shows his power, though, because no one ever asked about it again. He was giving her a ride home. He saw on the side of the road and he was being a good Samaritan. That's a story he's sticking to. No one has any more questions. That's it. We're just going to go with that one. He was like, hey, you need a ride home. It's like, well, you wouldn't give her a ride home.

Jordan: So talk about talk about beating the allegations. Yeah. You know, what a world.

Darius: Eddie Murphy, one of the most famous men on earth, is just giving random prostitutes ride homes.

Jordan: Random hookers a ride home.

Darius: We're not going to say what kind of prostitute, but you people got Google.

Jordan: Yeah, I got the internet. Yeah, I got the internet.

Darius: It's even more scandalous if you Do a little bit more Internet sleuthing.

Jordan: Oh, yeah. I'm about to do a bunch of reading on this. The second I close this.

Darius: You won't find much info. It's just like got an accident. Lady was in the car. Yeah, he said he was giving a ride home. Full stop. So anyway, what do you write this thing?

Jordan: Well, actually, I got one last question for you real quick. Sure. Shake. Hear me.

Darius: Yeah.

Jordan: Okay. I was going to I want to ask you, do you think he actually ever had feelings for Robin Givens character or was he just was he just intrigued by the power dynamic because he for once was not in control?

Darius: The latter for sure.

Jordan: Yeah.

Darius: When you for someone like him, it's always been easy. You never lose your your thirst for the chase. And she gave him that chase. And then he got in and it wasn't what he wanted. And he found Hallie. And, you know, this is all happening in 2 hours. So it was rapid fire. But, you know, he aged out of wanting the chase. But no, I mean, he just he loved the chase. He didn't love Robin Gibbons character. Right. So that would be my opinion. How about you?

Jordan: Yeah, I think so, too. I think that that's what I think that's one thing that did make the the love story a bit tainted, not tainted, just made it a little it took away from the what it could have been in terms of the love story, I guess. Because it's like you didn't have a difficult choice. It was like, oh, this girl, you know, who don't like she doesn't like you are the girl who actually gives a **** about you. It's not a hard decision. And they're both stunning. So it wasn't like it was, you know, some homely girl who was just always there the whole time, that you friend zoned. It's Halle Berry. So it's not there's no loss either way.

Darius: Yeah. Do you think Halle Berry and Eddie Murphy's character lived happily ever after?

Jordan: Absolu