Here Comes the Boom

Another comedy starred by Kevin James. In this story he is Scott Voss, a Biology teacher at a school that is meeting poor standards and has economic problems that lead to the supresion of the music program which means that one of Scott's friends will be laid off. In order to help his friend and the school, Scott decides to do something. At night he teaches a citizenship class and one of his students is a former fighter who reveals to him that when losing in fights the contender also gets money. So he asks his student to help him enter the world of fighting since Scott believes that his college experience in wrestling will help him but it never happens completely. Eventually and after many adventures and misadventures there is a new fight that pays the money Scott needs to save the music program, a fight against the UFC top contender. 
"Here comes the Boom" (you will understand why it has that title when you see the film) is not a boring comedy, but it is not a movie to go see at a cinema. See it at the comfort  of your home on one of those Sunday afternoons when there is nothing better to do because there is nothing in there that you could not find in other movies. Still the one thing I really like is how it stick to values and how it avoids the vulgar language you can find in films of similar kind. Kevin James obviously worked to make his performance as believable as possible.
There is not much more about it beyond that, but in the end is a good film to see if you really like films you can see  with your kids. There is action, music, and a predictable plot that is at the same time entertaining and then forgettable. 
Two out of five for this one.

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Anonymous said…
I saw this film, it was so funny. it catches your attention all the time, I saw with my family and we laughed so much!!!! Kevin James is a good actor
January 29, 2013 at 7:51 PM
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