But with “Love Hurts,” 87North has gone farther south than ever, churning out a muddled, mean-spirited action comedy that manages to feel slack and listless despite a flyweight run time of only 83 minutes.

Love Hurts—starring Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose and Marshawn Lynch—is new in theaters. How do critics feel about the action comedy?

The Oscar-winning actor stars alongside fellow honoree Ariana DeBose in director Jonathan Eusebio’s awkward action-comedy about a former assassin, who is pulled out of his normal new life as a real-estate agent and back into a world of bloodshed.