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Review: Kickin' It Old Skool
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It's not just that the painfully atrocious Kickin' It Old Skool is entirely lacking in laughs, wit, energy and good humor. That'd be enough to dismiss the thing as yet another sloppy comedy -- but this movie is much worse than that. Basically, the flick looks like something that was thrown together by a couple of clueless amateurs who just got done watching a double feature of Big and Breakin'. If you've been waiting your whole life for someone to combine those two movies into one unwatchable feature, congratulations: Here it is -- and you're the only one who'll enjoy it.
Jamie Kennedy, often funny elsewhere but so not funny here, plays a moron who wakes up after two decades in a coma and decides to participate in a break-dancing competition. To that end, he must convince his three old buddies to join the crew, get close to a cute girlfriend from the past, and thwart the conniving villain who wants to spoil the fun. It's basically an Adam Sandler screenplay that got tossed into the garbage a few years back, only to be fished out by Kennedy's agent, rewritten by a guy who pens episodes of Beauty and the Geek, and handed to a director who barely has an idea which end of the camera points out. But it's not the paper-thin (and plagiarized) nature of the plot that annoys me, nor is it the dead-eyed acting performances, the egregiously lame comedy material or the fact that the thing runs over a hundred merciless minutes.
Kickin' It Old Skool Arrives; English Teachers Weep
Filed under: Comedy », Trailer Trash »
If I described a movie like this -- "Breakin' meets Big meets Awakenings" -- is that a movie you're likely to go check out? What if I threw Jamie Kennedy into the equation? Yes, it's Kickin' It Old Skool, which we last reported about way back in April. And now we're back to remind you the flick's on its way. In fact, here's a brand-new theatrical trailer. The plot goes like this: A 12-year-old breakdancing whiz cracks his head and slips into a coma for 20 years, only to awaken in the wacky world of 2006 with the brain of a child. Oh, and the burning desire to breakdance, of course. Joining Kennedy in the broad ensemble are Christopher McDonald, Debra Jo Rupp, Michael Rosenbaum, Vivica A. Fox and ... did I see a little Hasslehoff in there? Dear lord. One of the film's co-writers, Trace Slobotkin, comes from the world of reality television scripting. His credits include Beauty and the Geek, The Biggest Loser, Endurance 3: Hawaii, and For Love or Money. First-time director Harv Glazer is responsible for producing direct-to-DVD films like Dead Mary and Living Death, so with credits like these, how could the film go wrong? Kickin' It Old Skool, completely with wackily misspelled title, opens on April 20. (Get it? 4-20? Oh how clever.)
Yari and Kennedy are Kickin it Old Skool
Filed under: Comedy », Casting », Deals », Newsstand »
We reported
back in December that Jamie
Kennedy had ridden the insane popularity of Malibu's Most
Wanted to another starring role in a comedy about a white guy doing hilarious, unexpected things. This latest
film is called Kickin It Old Skool, and since that first
report, it's acquired a rather massive cast, as well as a production company.Bob Yari Productions announced recently that it will co-produce the film will Kennedy's own Jizzy Entertainment (yes, that's really what it's called); both men will be among the executive producers. In the movie, in case it's slipped your mind (or you've blocked it out), Kennedy will play the adult version of a 12-year-old breakdancer who injured himself mid-dance back in the day and wakes from a coma 20 years later, determined to "revive his dance group's career." Joining B-Rad in the cast will be a slew of actors, including the pleasingly smarmy Christopher McDonald, Alan Ruck (please, please let him be one of the dancers), Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum, and Vivica Fox.
The movie is currently in pre-production, and is expected to being shooting soon in Vancouver.
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