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Here Comes the Boom
Teaser poster
Directed byFrank Coraci
Written byAllan Loeb
Kevin James
Produced byTodd Garner
Kevin James
StarringKevin James
Henry Winkler[1]
Salma Hayek
Bas Rutten
CinematographyPhil Méheux
Edited byScott Hill
Music byRupert Gregson-Williams
Production
companies
Happy Madison Productions
Hey Eddie
Broken Road Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 12, 2012 (2012-10-12)
Running time
105 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$42 million[3]
Box office$73,100,172 [4]

Here Comes the Boom is a 2012 American sports comedy film directed by Frank Coraci, written by Allan Loeb and Kevin James, and starring Kevin James. The film was released on October 12, 2012, in North America.

Plot

Former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a 42-year-old bored and disillusioned biology teacher at the failing Wilkinson High School. Budget cutbacks at the school jeopardize the continuation of its music program, which would result in its teacher, Marty (Henry Winkler), being laid off. Concerned for both his colleague and his students, Scott attempts to raise the $48,000 necessary to keep the music program alive. At first, he works as a night instructor for a citizenship class. One of his students, Niko (Bas Rutten), approaches him to get some outside tutoring and Scott reluctantly agrees. When Scott arrives at Niko's apartment, he realizes that Niko was a former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. While watching the UFC at Niko's apartment, Scott learns that the winner of the fight receives $50,000, which gives him the idea of raising the money by fighting in MMA himself. Niko begins training him defense, and later brings him to another trainer, Mark (Mark DellaGrotte), to train for offense. While Mark trains with Scott, Malia De La Cruz (Charice Pempengco), one of Scott's students and a band member, helps Niko study for his citizenship test by putting the information into songs. Scott then begins fighting in small MMA fights and gradually gaining higher amounts of money for the school.

Scott eventually gets a dinner date with the school nurse, Bella (Salma Hayek), and they share many moments together showing much affection for each other, while Scott's passion for teaching is rekindled. Mark meets with Scott and tells him that he was offered a fight in the UFC, with the certainty of earning $10,000 even if he loses, but it was denied by Niko. When Scott angrily confronts Niko, Niko apologizes and that the only reason he turned it down was because he was jealous. Niko himself was asked to fight at the UFC and eagerly accepted, but while he was training, he injured his neck and his career ended. Scott and Niko accept the offer. Scott and his crew travel to the MGM Grand Las Vegas for the UFC event. Once he arrives, he learns that the administrator entrusted with the musical program funds has been embezzling both from the winnings and the school, meaning all his effort so far has been lost. Knowing he can get $50,000 if he wins the fight, he attempts to win rather than lose and earn the $10,000.

The publicity of Scott's slow rise to fame has grown, and the school has come to support him. The musical program plays his representative song, and Marty reminds Scott that even if he does not win, he has inspired the students, which is their real purpose. Scott at first is no competition to his dangerous opponent, Ken Dietrich, who is angered that his original opponent canceled and that he is stuck with a man that "does not deserve" to be at the UFC fight. After finding inspiration from the students after being disoriented, Scott manages to win the UFC fight, earning $50,000 for his victory and Dietrich's respect. Scott and Bella kiss through the chain link fence of the octagon.

A side plot involves student Malia, her father, and Scott's brother Eric (Kevin James' brother, Gary Valentine), who is unhappily self-employed as a house painter. Eric has a large family and both he and his wife have low paying jobs; Eric enjoys cooking. Malia's father has a restaurant that is failing since his chef quit. Malia's father wants her to stop music and focus less on school so that she can help with the restaurant, but she has a passion for music. Scott encourages Malia to pursue her musical talent, which drives hostility from her father to Scott for "causing his daughter to disobey him". Eric becomes the chef for her father's restaurant, which improves the business, so Malia's father is thankful to Scott. Once Malia sings at the UFC fight to represent Scott on TV, her father realizes that music is her true passion and is proud of her.

In the closing scene, Niko and all of the students in Scott's citizenship class are awarded American citizenship at the citizenship ceremony.

Cast

MMA personalities in cameos

Production

Filming began on March 28, 2011, in and around the Boston, Massachusetts, area.[citation needed] Filming continued on through May 25, 2011, in Lowell and Quincy, Massachusetts, where it wrapped shortly there after, by early June 2011.[citation needed]

Reception

The film has received mixed reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes sampled 90 reviewers and judged 39% of the reviews to be positive; the site summarized the film as: "Here Comes the Boom benefits from Kevin James's genial presence, but the film doesn't deliver enough laughs to live up to its title – or enough satisfying plot to make up the difference."[7] Another review aggregator Metacritic gave the film a 40/100 approval rating based on 26 reviews falling under the "generally unfavorable reviews".

In its opening weekend, the movie earned $11.8 million in the domestic box office and as of March 3, 2013, the film has earned $72 million worldwide.

Here Comes the Boom has been chosen as one of ten best films for family audiences by the 21st Annual Movieguide Awards on February 15, 2013.[8]

Soundtrack

References

  1. ^ McNary, Dave (2011-03-01). "Henry Winkler joins Kevin James in 'Boom'". Variety. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  2. ^ "Here Comes the Boom (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  3. ^ Kaufman, Amy (2012-10-11). "'Taken 2,' 'Argo' in tight race for No. 1 at weekend box office". latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  4. ^ "Here Comes the Boom (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  5. ^ McNary, Dave (2011-06-07). "Melissa Peterman ready for 'Boom'". Variety. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  6. ^ Dalrymple, Timothy (2012-10-12). "The Warrior-Christian: Jeremy Lin, Tim Tebow, and Kevin James!". Patheos.com. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
  7. ^ "Here Comes The Boom (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster, Inc. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  8. ^ "Here Comes The Boom Is One Of 10 Best Films For Family Audiences". magnustoday.net. 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
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