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Game Over, Man!
Promotional poster
Directed byKyle Newacheck
Screenplay byAnders Holm
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGrant Smith
Edited byEvan Henke
Music bySteve Jablonsky
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$27.1 million[1]

Game Over, Man! is a 2018 American action comedy film directed by Kyle Newacheck, written by Anders Holm, and starring Holm, Adam DeVine, and Blake Anderson, all of whom previously collaborated on the sitcom Workaholics. It follows three down-on-their-luck housekeepers who must save the day when the Los Angeles hotel where they work is taken hostage. The film was released on March 23, 2018 on Netflix, but was panned by critics.

Plot

Three friends, Alexxx, Darren, and Joel "Baby Dunk", work as housekeepers at a luxury hotel in Los Angeles and are about to pitch their video game to get it financed by their potential benefactor Awadi, the Bey of Tunisia. They pitch their proposal at the bey's party, but the hotel manager confiscates the check the bey gives them and fires them. Moments later Awadi is taken hostage by terrorists.

The inexperienced trio narrowly escapes the terrorists; meanwhile the Bey is forced to access information for an offshore account which the terrorists' hacker is trying to drain. The trio crash through the window where the hacking is in progress, thwarting it.

Mr. Ahmad, Bey Awadi's personal attachè, is shown to be the mastermind behind the terrorist threat, discovered when Alexxx calls him with the hacker's phone. On television he demands 500 million dollars or he will kill one hostage every 15 minutes.

One of the terrorists, whose boyfriend the trio killed, takes them to the hotel's spa to torture them. They attack and kill him, then rig his body with a version of their invention, a remote-controlled power suit. Sending him into the conference room as an initial attack, they themselves then enter with automatic weapons.

Mr. Ahmad soon escapes, heading to the helicopter on the roof. The trio follows with what seems to be the ransom money. They convince him to take the money but leave Bey; as the helicopter heads off it explodes, as they rigged one of the bags with exploding collars Ahmad had used to execute hostages. The trio saves the lives of the remaining hostages in the building, one of whom gets them rich developing a video game based on them.

Cast

Production

On June 9, 2016, Netflix announced that it was producing Game Over, Man! with producers including Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and James Weaver via their Point Grey banner; and Scott Rudin and Eli Bush via Scott Rudin Productions. Also producing are Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Blake Anderson, and Kyle Newacheck, who collectively form the comedy group Mail Order Comedy, as well as Isaac Horne of Avalon Management.[2][3]

Release

The film held its official premiere on March 21, 2018 at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, California.[4][5]

Reception

Critical reception

Game Over, Man! has been met with a generally negative response from critics. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 18% approval rating with an average rating of 3.6/10 based on 17 reviews.[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 32 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[7]

In a negative review, Glenn Kenny of The New York Times said, "This almost laugh-free comedy...is distinguished by a relentless level of outrageous yet strangely listless vulgarity."[8] In a similarly negative review, Variety's Monica Castillo said "Game Over, Man! is a movie with few original ideas, plenty of tropes, and not enough love for the Bill Paxton Aliens character who made its eponymous catchphrase popular."[9] Indiewire's David Ehrlich was more mixed saying, "Game Over, Man! becomes to Workaholics what Keanu was to Key & Peele — a sporadically funny riff on a formula that worked much better in small doses. You know it’s a Netflix joint, because it almost feels designed to be half-watched in the background; an overly loud piece of muzak."[10] In a somewhat positive review, Michael Rechtshaffen of the Los Angeles Times said "The guys occasionally over-reach for irreverence, director and fellow Workaholics veteran Kyle Newacheck mainly succeeds in delivering the most defiantly outrageous farce since Borat."[11]

References

  1. ^ "Initial Certification Search" (Type "Game Over" in the search box). Fastlane NextGen. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Kit, Borys (June 9, 2016). "'Workaholics' Creators, Seth Rogen Team for Action Comedy 'Game Over, Man!' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  3. ^ Cabin, Chris (June 9, 2016). "'Workaholics' Creators Team With Seth Rogen for Netflix's 'Game Over, Man!'". Collider. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "Movie Premieres". Westwood Village. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  5. ^ Greggs, Gina (March 22, 2018). "Celeb Snaps! Hottest Star Sightings — Thursday, March 22, 2018 Celebuzz!". Celebuzz. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "Game Over, Man! (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Game Over, Man! Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  8. ^ Kenny, Glenn (March 22, 2018). "Review: 'Game Over, Man!' Is Far From Pitch Perfect". The New York Times. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  9. ^ Castillo, Monica (March 23, 2018). "Film Review: 'Game Over, Man!'". Variety. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  10. ^ Ehrlich, David (March 23, 2018). "'Game Over, Man!' Review: The 'Workaholics' Team Reunites for a Drug-Addled Riff on 'Die Hard'". IndieWire. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  11. ^ Rechtshaffen, Michael (March 22, 2018). "The 'Workaholics' crew reunites for raunchy Netflix comedy 'Game Over, Man!'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
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