The reason we mention the credits of actors, writers and directors in reviews of their films is that “past is prologue” and “What you’ve done is what film producers will let you do again.”

“The Out-Laws” is from Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison production company, part of his deal with Netflix. Hey, anything to keep him out of cinemas, amIright?

It stars Adam Devine, sort of the less talented photo-copy of Jack Black. Never been a fan. Ever. No, I’m not kidding.

Actor turned director Tyler Spindel is another Sandler protege. And as grateful as we are that The Sandman moved on from trying to prop up Nick Swardson, Rob Schneider, David Spade and Colin Quinn, this Spindel dude is nobody’s idea of the next Penny Marshall. Oy.

But “The Out-Laws” has Pierce Brosnan — making Bond jokes as he channels Billy Connolly — playing a broad, rogue-with-a-brogue bank robber married to the force that is Ellen Barkin.

Yeah, she looks as at home with a gun as he does, and both of them can handle a one-liner.

They have their moments as the secret-robber in-laws who show up to see their yoga insctuctor daughter (Nina Dobrev) tie the knot with a nerdy bank manager who’s into arts and crafts and Jack Blackisms — presents as “prezzies,” etc.

Yeah, she’s totally out of Owen’s league. But at least his insanely annoying parents — Julia Haggerty, still getting a ditzy job done, Richard Kind, still saying “I’m just saying” — are coming to their wedding.

Her parents only agree to come at the last minute. Mom’s all brass and bullet casings. Dad’s goateed Irish-accented menace.

“He’s AWESOME. He smells like sandlewood…and DANGER!”

But the folks have “history” and “unfinished” business in town, money they owe the Russian murderess Rehan, played by “Never Have I Ever” alumna Poorna Jagannathan, who steals the movie.

Thanks to crude masturbation jokes that don’t play, zingers that don’t land, Lil Rel Howery‘s act wearing thin, Michael Rooker playing the least convincing FBI agent ever and a lot of obvious sight gags and random F-bombs for (failed) comic effect, “stealing” “The Out-Laws” amounts to petty theft.

A bit of action mayhem at the midway mark plays. Brosnan and Barkin are as amusing as the script allows them to be and Devine works himself up to “maybe I don’t need to gouge my eyes/ears out every time he appears.”

Not exactly a ringing endorsement. But the Adam Sandler/Happy Madison comic universe needs to think younger, and a better HR department as they’re plainly not finding fresh B or even C-list talent, in front of or behind the camera, these days.

Rating: R, violence, crude humor, profanity

Credits: Adam Devine, Nina Dobrev, Pierce Brosnan, Ellen Barkin, Lil Rel Howrey, Julie Haggerty, Richard Kind, and Michael Rooker.

Credits: Directed by Tyler Spindel, scripted by Evan Turner and Ben Zazove. A Netflix release.

Running time: 1:36