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Here Comes The Boom review

Kevin James plays a biology teacher attempting to raise money for charity by becoming a martial arts fighter

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Here Comes The Boom is not the most idiotic movie of the year (hello, Battleship ).

It’s not even the most idiotic movie in Kevin James’ tawdry ‘canon’ (hello, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry ).

It is, however, still idiotic.

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Taking its cues from every faux-inspirational ’80s B-movie ever, Boom is about a bumbling biology teacher (James), who seeks to save his school’s music programme and teacher (Henry Winkler) from government cutbacks by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter.

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