Why It's Going To Rock: Ludicrously Funny Concept North Korea remains a constant source of amusement where the Western world is concerned, because North Korea is freakin' crazy. And given the recent developments surrounding Kim Jong-un mania and constant threats of war, there's no time like the present for a ludicrous comedy in a couple of journalists - played by James Franco and Seth Rogen - are granted an interview with the dictator, only to be hired by the CIA to kill him. If that doesn't sound like a film you want to watch, we really don't know what is. The Interview was recently brought into the public limelight for controversial reasons (who'd have thought?), when North Korea decided that the release of this movie would be akin to an act of war, and warned the US not to ship it into theatres. Could the end of the world come as a result of a James Franco/Seth Rogen comedy? And yet that sort of... makes sense?
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
