Undercover Grandpa

Jake and Wendall are two high school friends trying to get Jake a date with Angie. She agrees to a date for an upcoming party but Jake's parents insist Jake stay home for a dinner with Grandpa. Jake is going to miss his first date with the girl of his dreams and no less has to hear crazy Grandpa's dubious war stories again. Grandpa is paranoid and sees the enemy around every corner.

Angie gets kidnapped by a Russian General Komencho. Grandpa is a retired intelligence officer and he fails to get help from government officials. Grandpa Lou gets his grandson's trust and they decide to rescue Angie on their own. Grandpa puts together Wolf, Harry, Mother and Giovani his old group known as the 'Devil's Scum'. Jake enlists the computer and cell phone expertise of his friend, Wendall. There are a lot of comic situations and corny lines between the young and old characters.

Grandpa's forces defeat the Russians and Angie is freed. As Maddy Harcourt government agents come on scene, Grandpa is seen grabbing his chest and rushed off to the hospital. The next scene takes us to a graveside funeral for Grandpa Lou. Family and friends pay tribute with grandson Jake crying. The old timers present Lou's dogtags to Jake.

One month later a car pulls up in front of Jake's home. Grandpa gets out and tells Jake that his death was only a cover like his old man crazy act was a cover for his first retirement. Grandpa and Maddy drive off for a life in Mexico.

• James Caan as Grandpa - Major Lou Crawford
• Dylan Everett as Jake Bouchard
• Greta Onieogou as Angie Wagner
• Jesse Bostick as Wendall
• Jessica Walter as Madelein 'Maddy' Harcourt
• Paul Braunstein as General Komenkho
• Louis Gossett Jr. as Mother
• Kenneth Welsh as Harry Nederlander
• Paul Sorvino as Giovanni
• Lawrence Dane as Wolf
• Jennifer Robertson as Mrs. Bouchard
• Jonathan Higgins as Mr. Bouchard

Sandie Angulo-Chen of Common Sense Media gave the film three stars out of five.[1] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review describing it as "(n)either remotely thrilling or funny" and that it "isn't any fun."[2] Edward Douglas of Film Journal International also gave the film a negative review and wrote "It’s hard to call Undercover Grandpa a 'comedy,' since there’s never anything particularly funny about it."[3] The film was released on Netflix streaming on November 1, 2017.[4]

• Undercover Grandpa at IMDb
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• Undercover Grandpa at Box Office Mojo