Review of Lazer Team (2016) by Tyler — 07 Feb 2016

**An Over-rated, hit-and-run comedy**.

Among its beginning ventures, YouTube Red has chosen the path of least resistance - Space. No matter whatever you'll make having space or aliens, people will see it. Remember 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' (1959) was so bad that it became indelible!

In 'Lazer Team' a group of four misfits find themselves responsible for the fate of the planet upon discovering an alien crash site containing a battle suit. I must admit that this idea is novel and stimulating. The script is decently knit too. (This is the main reason why I reviewed this title.) A somewhat similar concept was tried last year (2015) in 'Absolutely Anything' starring Simon Pegg but that fizzled out too.

With a little more effort 'Lazer Team' could have been transformed into a great sci-fi comedy. The subject matter is age-neutral - people of all age groups could've enjoyed it. But the film-makers instead settled for clichéd acts. For example, the character of Mindy (played by Allie DeBerry) was too bawdy. It was like some American Pie or Scary Movie character. Similarly the humour could have been more situational rather than explicit. More experienced actors could have been casted et cetra, et cetra. But, the damage has been done. 'Lazer Team' is another hit-and-run comedy which fails to leave its mark.