Game Over, Man! Review
By: Nik S
Director: Kyle Newacheck
Producer(s): Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Blake Anderson, Kyle Newacheck, Seth Rogen
Starring: Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Blake Anderson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Neal McDonough
Production Company: Mail Order Company, Point Grey Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions
Distributor: Netflix
Runtime: 101 minutes
The group that brought you Workaholics on Comedy Central now present their action comedy film Game Over, Man! directed by Kyle Newacheck. For about seven years they were Comedy Central's golden boys of raunchy comedy and an interesting take on modern college humor. The movie takes heavy inspiration from popular films like Die Hard and The Man Who Knew Too Little, as well as various other classic action films of zeros-to-heroes. The film was announced by Netflix back in 2016 with Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver's Point Grey production company. The film was originally meant to air on April 20 of 2018, but was moved up to March 23.
Alexxx (yes, with three x's), Joel, and Darren (Devine, Anderson, and Anders respectively) are housekeepers at a five star hotel who are trying to contemplate their next get rich quick scheme. Their plans range from sexy tutors to Skintendo which is a full body-controlled video. Their hotel is throwing a party for an instagram star Bey (Ambudkar) and they pitch their Skintendo idea to him. Everything is thrown out the window when a group of terrorists led by Conrad (McDonough) and his right hand Irma (Mitra) take everyone hostage. The trio get thrown into the antics and become accidental heroes by some dumb luck.
Devin, Anderson, and Anders basically reprise their roles from Workaholics with a few attitude changes. If you're a fan of the comedy series then you might enjoy the gross, bro humor that this film is filled to the brim with. There is plenty of good jokes, the site gags are extremely gross but are rather humorous and the jokes work well with the writing. The group was no longer held back by the restrictions of cable and really let loose with as many site gags as possible. There's plenty of blood as well, with Tarantino style blood sprays and explosions. The movie has several cameoes from the Jackass crew, Shaggy, and other Workaholics cast, and they pull no punches as anyone is going to have their brains splattered against the walls.
The biggest problem of Game Over, Man! is that it really plays out that it's a parody of greater action flicks and really wears it on its sleeves. There's a group of charismatic terrorists that hold an entire building hostage; the lead villain isn't who you think they are; the computer hacker is a giant nerd and makes jokes towards the irony of Die Hard. Everything in the film is a very obvious cliche, but it's a fifty-fifty chance of it working well. Every character trait is a very obvious hyperbole, like a gay man being sassy or the tight-wad female bad guy, and sometimes it feels a little too over-the-top to be funny.
I could have lived my life without seeing flashes of DeVine's genitalia; yes, that is his actual gentiles in the film. The humor did give me a few laughs, but that's the only thing really pushing the movie forward. The action scenes look like they were taken straight out of another script and altered with new dialogue for laughs. If you're a fan of Workaholics then it's an easy sell to tell you to watch this. If you're not into dumb or gross humor than this is one you should just avoid.
Director: Kyle Newacheck
Producer(s): Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Blake Anderson, Kyle Newacheck, Seth Rogen
Starring: Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Blake Anderson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Neal McDonough
Production Company: Mail Order Company, Point Grey Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions
Distributor: Netflix
Runtime: 101 minutes
The group that brought you Workaholics on Comedy Central now present their action comedy film Game Over, Man! directed by Kyle Newacheck. For about seven years they were Comedy Central's golden boys of raunchy comedy and an interesting take on modern college humor. The movie takes heavy inspiration from popular films like Die Hard and The Man Who Knew Too Little, as well as various other classic action films of zeros-to-heroes. The film was announced by Netflix back in 2016 with Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver's Point Grey production company. The film was originally meant to air on April 20 of 2018, but was moved up to March 23.
Alexxx (yes, with three x's), Joel, and Darren (Devine, Anderson, and Anders respectively) are housekeepers at a five star hotel who are trying to contemplate their next get rich quick scheme. Their plans range from sexy tutors to Skintendo which is a full body-controlled video. Their hotel is throwing a party for an instagram star Bey (Ambudkar) and they pitch their Skintendo idea to him. Everything is thrown out the window when a group of terrorists led by Conrad (McDonough) and his right hand Irma (Mitra) take everyone hostage. The trio get thrown into the antics and become accidental heroes by some dumb luck.
Devin, Anderson, and Anders basically reprise their roles from Workaholics with a few attitude changes. If you're a fan of the comedy series then you might enjoy the gross, bro humor that this film is filled to the brim with. There is plenty of good jokes, the site gags are extremely gross but are rather humorous and the jokes work well with the writing. The group was no longer held back by the restrictions of cable and really let loose with as many site gags as possible. There's plenty of blood as well, with Tarantino style blood sprays and explosions. The movie has several cameoes from the Jackass crew, Shaggy, and other Workaholics cast, and they pull no punches as anyone is going to have their brains splattered against the walls.
The biggest problem of Game Over, Man! is that it really plays out that it's a parody of greater action flicks and really wears it on its sleeves. There's a group of charismatic terrorists that hold an entire building hostage; the lead villain isn't who you think they are; the computer hacker is a giant nerd and makes jokes towards the irony of Die Hard. Everything in the film is a very obvious cliche, but it's a fifty-fifty chance of it working well. Every character trait is a very obvious hyperbole, like a gay man being sassy or the tight-wad female bad guy, and sometimes it feels a little too over-the-top to be funny.
I could have lived my life without seeing flashes of DeVine's genitalia; yes, that is his actual gentiles in the film. The humor did give me a few laughs, but that's the only thing really pushing the movie forward. The action scenes look like they were taken straight out of another script and altered with new dialogue for laughs. If you're a fan of Workaholics then it's an easy sell to tell you to watch this. If you're not into dumb or gross humor than this is one you should just avoid.
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