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Fred Simmons (Danny R. McBride), a bombastic but hopelessly inept master of a strip-mall dojo, falls to pieces upon discovering his wife's (Mary Jane Bostic) infidelity. Hoping to rebuild his shattered self-respect, he sets out on a quest to meet his longtime movie idol, Chuck "The Truck" Wallace (Ben Best), star of the "Seven Rings of Pain" trilogy.
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Rating: R (Strong Language|Some Sexual Content)
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Genre: Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Jody Hill
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Producer: Jennifer Chikes, Erin Gates, Jody Hill, Robbie Hill
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Writer: Jody Hill, Danny McBride, Ben Best
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Box Office (Gross USA): $233.6K
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Runtime:
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Production Co: MTV Films, Gary Sanchez Productions
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I remember hearing about this movie some years ago and wanting to see it. It wasn't the type of movie that I'd probably would've gone out of my way to buy, there was a period there between 2006-08 where I bought a ton of DVDs and even then I probably wouldn't have bought this movie. Anyway, thanks to Amazon Prime I was finally able to watch this movie. And, honestly, I gotta say I'm a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I love the film's parodying tone of martial arts instructors and even those super cheap 90s martial arts movie that you'd see on TV, like the sequels to Cyborg or Bloodsport. So that is appreciated. But, realistically speaking, this isn't a good movie. I really like Danny McBride, in fact, I think he's supremely underrated in some respects, though Eastbound and Down did him a lot of favors, but I think this guy is perfection personified at these roles where he's a major dick to everyone. His persona is the type that would make fun of someone in a wheelchair without even thinking or hesitating about it. This film sees some of that, but it's more toned down. Really, his character is more delusional, as he fashions himself an incredible teacher and he assumes that the new, pretty girl that signs up at his school has some sort of romantic interest in him (she doesn't), and he goes after her in one of the film's funniest scenes when he finds out his wife has cheated on him. But, much like Napoleon Dynamite, this film was picked up hoping it would have replicated that Napoleon's success, this has to be one of those acquired tastes. Though this isn't nearly the extreme that Napoleon Dynamite is, where people either loved it or hated it. Danny McBride is real good in this film, and he's a surprisingly likable character that you actually somewhat root for in the end. It took me off guard because, like I said, Danny has made his bread and butter in playing utterly detestable, yet hilarious, characters. So it's a bit of a change of pace seeing him play someone that you actually like. But the fact of the matter is that the film feels more like a series of skits barely held together by a plot thread. And not all of the skits are hits, if we're being honest. And the ones that do aren't really that hilarious. There's little plot threads here and there, like Henry struggling with self-confidence, Fred's wife cheating on her and Fred's obsession with his hero, Chuck 'The Truck' Wallace (a movie star from one of those cheap direct-to-video martial arts films). Inevitably, Chuck and Frank's wife meet and you know what happens, but it's not like the film was really leading to that. It's something they just stumble upon. And that's fine, I think it's a pretty cool idea to have Fred confront his hero for being a piece of shit, but that doesn't really constitute much of an actual narrative. This is really average at best, it's never bad at any point, but considering the people involved and considering what they went on to do, this includes Jody Hill, then you would have expected something much better. It's not bad, not nearly close to that, but I came out of it a little disappointed. There's a couple of bright spots here and there, but there's not enough of this movie that's good. I wouldn't recommend it, but I'm sure there's others that will absolutely love this and that's totally fine as well. Average at best.
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mcbride is hilarious as always but the film isn't all that good.
brendan n Super Reviewer
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The filmmaking brings out a lot of nuances, about our fantasies about personal victory and the fantasizing in American fight movies. Some of the humor might not be as upfront as in most of the higher-budget vehicles. Collette Wolfe's disappearance from the story is beguiling. She's attractive and sympathetic and open-minded, and you realize that one thing movies tend to do for an audience is to keep charming people like this around to light the place up, when in real life the hijinks would feel as homey as your best friend's 10-day manic episode.
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An ammusing film in a pathetic/painful sort of way. And impressive when you take into consideration that it was made for about $79,000 dollars. Though it's never quite as funny or clever as it THINKS it is.
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