Big Stan (2007) 6/10

Starring : Rob Schneider, David Carradine, Jennifer Morrison
Director : Rob Schneider
Running Time : 105 mins

When con-man Stan (Schneider) is sentenced to a minimum jail term of three years for selling dodgy time shares, he decides to hire a martial arts expert known as the Master (Carradine) to train him in prison-rules self-defence so that he won’t get raped in prison, but once he’s in prison he discovers that the Warden wants his help to close the prison down so he can turn the land it’s on into prime real estate.

This was pretty basic stuff, with most of the jokes coming straight from the toilet. Clearly Schneider is finding it hard to get work so is becoming forced to write and direct his own movies, but he does a reasonable job. The only real problem with this movie is the way Schneider tries to make himself looking guilt free and wonderful, something that he really shouldn’t be doing in a movie where he’s a con man in prison.

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