Fist Fight relies on a pretty simple premise: how interested are you in seeing two teachers beat each other up? If your answer is “very”, then the new NSFW trailer for the film is right up your alley. If instead, you were asking “why does every Hollywood comedy look practically the same?”, then Fist Fight is not for you.
Maybe in a perfect world Charlie Day has better roles, and mainstream comedies are consistently funny instead of relying on an abundance of ‘outrageous’ profanity-laden jokes and lame pop culture references (Tracy Morgan is splashed with yellow paint in the trailer, says he looks like a Minion. Comedy gold!…), but, as we have learned in the last few months, this isn’t that world.
Though, who knows? It might not be all bad. If director, Richie Keen, can take some major influence from his work with Day on the fantastic It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia then maybe we’ll have something genuinely enjoyable on our hands. Until we can find out, take a look at the redband trailer below and hope that the best jokes haven’t already been revealed.
Fist Fight hits cinemas on Friday, February 17.
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