It’s been decades since Eddie Murphy made an honest-to-goodness funny movie, and The Pickup won’t break that dispiriting streak. Going straight to Prime Video on August 6 even though, in a just world,

Murphy gets in some good zings, Davidson can play endearingly obtuse, and Keke Palmer can’t help but be charismatic. But neither the script nor Story’s direction really gives anyone much of a chance to shine.

Eddie Murphy drifts sleepily through light-on-comedy action movie The Pickup, but at least Keke Palmer brings what charisma she can.