Apparently, I just don't get Jody Hill films. Supposedly, they are extremely funny, and just go right over my head. This is my new favorite math equation: unfunny movie + me realizing it is unfunny = I'm stupid. Well, according to message boards, anyway. Which of course, is where most film geniuses spend their time.
Jody Hill, who wrote and directed Observe and Report, directed and co wrote The Foot Fist Way. Neither film have a lot going on as far as plot, and they have little else going on either. Foot Fist is about Fred Simmons (Danny McBride), a Tae Kwon Do instructor with a hot wife and a Ferrari. He isn't quite as cool as he thinks he is but he means well, and his students (young kids to senior citizens) like him. After finding out his wife gave her boss a hand job, he loses it a bit, and takes a road trip to meet his hero, martial artist and movie star Chuck "the Truck" Wallace. Wallace agrees to come to Simmons's students' testing for a mere $10,000. Simmons is soon betrayed by Wallace, and more stuff happens and then the movie ends.
Not necessarily a gripping plot synopsis, but honestly that's how the movie is. Sure Danny McBride is funny, but if he weren't in this film, it would be completely unwatchable. Acting was fine, directing was fine, but it was just really boring. Ultimately what you have is a movie that seemed to be written specifically for McBride and thus his role was given all the funny lines. Everyone else was completely forgettable. You could quote McBride lines all day long and not really have any clue what scene it was from or who he was talking to. I did laugh right out loud when Simmons is giving his wife a hateful speech and finishes it by urinating on his wedding ring. That scene alone is worth a watch.
Can't say that I recommend this. There are random bit of hilarity, but the humor is wildly inconsistent and makes for an uncomfortable viewing.
Trivia: The film was produced by Gary Sanchez Productions, operated by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.
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