Showing posts with label here comes the boom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label here comes the boom. Show all posts

Friday, May 31, 2013

Brought to you by UFC

Here Comes the Boom: written by Kevin James, Allan Loeb, and Rock Reuben; directed by Frank Coraci; starring Kevin James (Scott Voss), Salma Hayek (Bella Flores), Henry Winkler (Marty Streb) and Bas Rutten (Niko) (2012): Pleasant movie comedy which also seems to be a 90-minute advertisement for Ultimate Fighting, with various UFC fighters, organizers, and promoters showing up throughout the film.

Kevin James is a less-schlubby-than-usual high school biology teacher who's lost his teaching mojo until the buget-cutting plight of fellow teacher Henry Winkler leads him to become a Mixed Martial Arts fighter to raise money to save the music program. I can't believe I just typed that.

James is very good at slapstick, and while this isn't a great comedy, it certainly isn't a terrible one. James really needs to hook up with a better movie production team than the guys at Happy Madison, though. He's always a lot better than his movies. Lightly recommended.