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Rating: Not Rated
Stars: Simon Rex, Dustin Milligan, Brenda Song, Tony Cavalero, Arturo Castro, Doug Jones, Jason Biggs
Writer: Mikey K
Director: Mikey K
Distributor: Chroma
Release Date: February 27, 2026

 Right now, many people taking a wide view of what’s going on in the world would agree with the basic thesis of OPERATION TACO GARY’S, written and directed by Mikey K. The film makes the case that practically nothing makes sense and that the only way to avoid screaming insanity is to accept this.

So far as is discernible, OPERATION TACO GARY’S is sincere in this message. Its delivery system is a very broad comedy in the form of a road trip with some surreal flourishes.

Luke Davenport (Dustin Milligan) is having a moving sale before heading off in his van to his new dream job as a paleontology researcher in Ottawa, Canada.

Just before Luke can leave his apartment, his long-out-of-contact older brother Danny (Simon Rex) arrives. While Danny says he’s starting a new job of his own in Tucson, he seems absolutely delighted when Luke invites him to ride along.

It doesn’t take us long to figure out why Luke and Danny haven’t stayed close. Danny is a conspiracy theorist who lies like most people breathe. He has his own agenda, which involves manipulating Luke, who is suspicious, although not nearly suspicious enough.

Part of Danny’s belief system involves the Taco Gary’s fast-food chain and the actor Jason Biggs, who appears here as a (fake, we hope) version of himself.

To say more about the plot would venture into spoiler territory. Rex is fine as a flim-flam man and Milligan reacts with appropriate aggravation, disbelief and fury to each new development. Doug Jones turns up to excellent effect (no one else moves like him), Brenda Song fulfills her underwritten role as well as possible and Tony Cavalero turns up the ultra-machismo as someone Danny knows.

OPERATION TACO GARY’S has the same dilemma as any comedy that has an obnoxious person – that would be Danny – at its center. He is not, despite Rex’s committed portrayal, good company. With humor this broad, the jokes better land hard and fast. Here, while there is a constant barrage, about a quarter are funny. The rest have us marking time.

There’s also a tonal wobbliness. For all the silliness, improbability and slapstick in OPERATION TACO GARY’S, there are bits we’re asked to take seriously, but then again, not all that seriously. It’s a fine line drawn too thickly.

OPERATION TACO GARY’S definitely has its moments, and its intentions are honorable. It just vacillates between being entertaining and making us over-empathize with Luke.

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