John Wells follows his half-baked August: Osage County with another recipe for disaster. “You have to be a prick to make it in this business,” announces a character in most flattering terms around the same time Gordon Ramsay’s name appears in the opening credits as executive producer. That may explain the motivation behind this Food Network porn kicked down a notch by a fruitless, thoroughly unappealing performance by Bradley Cooper. Cooper screams and smashes more plates than a tweaker at a Greek wedding, but it’s impossible to feel sympathy for a brute who lays hands on a female employee for any reason, let alone ruining a roux. Add a dash of stock goons trying to collect on a drug debt and a pinch of rich ex-girlfriend (Alicia Vikander) eager to make good on the vig, and this culinary crock will leave you burned. With Daniel Brühl. (2015) — Scott Marks
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