Review of Blockers (2018) by Jake C — 05 Aug 2018

Terrible. Cheesy, obvious, over-th-top and not funny.

This review of Blockers (2018) was written by Jake C on 05 Aug 2018.

Blockers has generally received positive reviews.

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