terrible acting, especially by Statham

He should stick to action films, because he has no idea how to deliver comic lines. His role seemed to be to do stupid things and make outrageously funny statements and he, and the writers and director, failed at both. A lot of the rest of the cast was pretty bad too, especially the head of the unit Cooper is spying for (Chaffin?). McCarthy was OK, though her high decibel level gets annoying at times; but the rest of the cast just had no idea how to sound natural or how to use their facial expressions to sync with what they are supposedly feeling (Jude Law excepted--the only other serious actor in this film). Pretty stupid script though, so much of the blame can perhaps go to the writers.
And I was really disappointed I never saw McCarthy in a suit of gold and gold make-up, as one might reasonably expect from the publicity photo, or whatever it's called.