Review of Here Comes the Boom (2012) by Adam P — 15 Mar 2013

When I first bought this movie, I was expecting it to be like any other Kevin James film: silly and kinda dumb. Well, I was right, partially. It was silly and dumb, but better than previous movies such as Zookeeper.

It's like Rocky with a dumb, modern-day twist: Scott Voss is played by James, he's that "fun and wacky" high school teacher who everybody loves. When his school must shut down the music classes due to budget cuts, it also means that Scott's friend and the music teacher, Marty, must be laid off. In order to save the music classes, Scott starts to be in a fighting league, of course going higher and higher in the ranks as the film goes on. There's also a dumb subplot that Scott teaches English classes at night school for those who want to be US citizens, especially this one guy who used to be a UFC fighter who trains Scott. The character is used for a dumb comic relief and isn't needed.

The movie is predictable from beginning to end. It's almost a cliche movie, one of those heartwarming "teacher with a good heart" movies. But nonetheless, sometimes it's a little funny. My dad joined me on this one and he certainly laughed more than I did. It's not the funniest film in the world, but some parts made me chuckle. Like I said, it's very predictable and I actually wouldn't suggest it, noting it's flat and slapstick at some parts and it's too predictable.