Here Comes The Boom (2012) 8/10

Starring : Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Greg Germann
Director : Frank Coraci
Running Time : 105 mins

When his school decides to save money by cutting the music programme, biology teacher Scott Voss (James) decides to try to raise the money himself by entering the Ultimate Fighting Champion mixed-martial arts competition and use the winnings to help his colleague Marty Streb (Winkler) to keep his job.

When it comes down to it this is, simply put, a nice tale about a man who will do anything to help out a friend. James is likeable as the teacher who will put himself out for friends and students alike, and the fact that he raises money by getting beaten up makes the outcome of the movie all the more pleasing. There are plenty of slapstick laughs – as you’d expect from a Happy Madison production – but the ending scene, with all the America is great nonsense, did spoil it a little for me.

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