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Here Comes the Boom

One teacher still believes in fighting for his students

A former college wrestler is now a bored 42-year-old biology teacher in a failing high school. When cutbacks threaten to cancel the music program and lay off his music teacher friend, he decides to raise money by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter. Everyone thinks he is crazy, especially the woman he is after, but in his quest, he gains something he never expected as he becomes a sensation that rallies the entire school.

103 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Violence)
Action, Comedy.

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Credits
Cast	Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Greg Germann, Joe Rogan, Gary Valentine, Charice
Director	Frank Coraci
Screenplay	Kevin James, Allan Loeb, Rock Reuben
Music	Rupert Gregson-Williams
Cinematography	Phil Meheux
Editing	Scott Hill
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2012
Produced by	Broken Road Productions, Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions, Hey Eddie, Sony Pictures Entertainment
SA Distributor	Ster-Kinekor

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Action
Language	Low impact, very mild 'kickass'
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Brief, realistic and moderate in context
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Mild, brief drinking over dinner
Comments	About a biology teacher who trains to be a mixed martial arts fighter to raise funds for his cash-strapped school by fighting in tournaments and becomes a hero to his pupils.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
International Media
Box Office (USA)Amy Nicholson	10
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs	9
Metacritic.com26 critics	8
RottenTomatoes.com89 critics	10
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	8
Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics	10
Movie Review Intelligence (USA)35 critics	10
Internet (IMDB)5347 Netizens	13

Average .. 49%	9

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