Kickin' It Old Skool

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I generally like Jamie Kennedy and thought Malibu's Most Wanted was pretty funny. But holy crap, this movie was a pile of ****. They had a great premise to build on and they blew it. Could have had cameos all over the place, Turbo and Ozone from Breakin', Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Flash, etc etc. Instead, they put in a bunch of Busch league dancers who were flat out annoying, and jokes written with zero creativity. It reminds me of another turd that came out recently, Drillbit Taylor.. Annoying characters, a script that wouldn't pass a 5th grade Creative Writing paper, with a few people that *could* have been funny (and are in other movies). At minimum it should have been funny and it should have had some ridiculously good breakers and it failed miserably on both counts. I'm being kind by giving it 4/10.

Yep! "Stuuuuupid", thats what you got to be to go see this piece of junk. Acting -> Stinks Direction -> Stinks Jokes -> so badly setup you see them coming a mile away, some oldies might smile a couple of times thinking back... but thats it, nothing really funny the whole damn movie. Overall, made really cheap and it shows. I am willing to bet my, and my future kids testicles in saying this is going to flop SO badly because you have to be an utter moron to like a movie like this, even taking into consideration that there are many morons out there... this would be too much for a large majority of them too.

When I read the synopsis to "Kickin' it old skool", I expected a funny, and maybe even witty homage to the 80's, the time of my childhood. This movie is anything but. Instead, it is a series of scenes making fun of mentally handicapped people, fat people, homeless people, Jewish people, black people, and of course the main character, a guy who fell into a coma as a kid twenty years ago, and now behaves like one stuck in the body of a 30 year old. All of that is hold together by a story that might have made sense, but is totally ruined by an implausible script with stereotype characters who are played by mostly mediocre actors (the only exception being Debra Jo Rupp who manages despite the script to give her character some credibility). IMHO, watching a homeless person peeing first himself and later others is not humorous; neither is seeing a guy who just woke up from a coma falling repeatedly flat on his face because his atrophic muscles can not support him. Judging by their giggling, the 6 year old girls sitting in the row behind me felt different and enjoyed these as well as the other equally crude jokes; they were the only ones in the theater. And even if you are a parent looking for a funny movie for your kids, this one is a bad choice because of the tons of crude sexual humor; unless you think that internet * is an adequate learning tool about sexuality or want them watching for example a grown-up practicing how to make out with a girl by playing with the man-* of his overweight friend, while his other friends comment that you have to twist the nipples like a violin knob... So maybe at least the break-dancing scenes make it worth watching this movie? Not really, although some of the scenes are impressive, they sum up to maybe 2 minutes in this 108 minute disaster, and do not even remotely make up for the rest of the movie. Save yourself the money, the time and a painful experience and go see something else.

Great movie! All the cameos were jokes. From Cameron Fry to Shooter McGavin, they all were used where and when they should be, not just thrown in for the sake of putting them in the movie. This movie was made to make two different generations laugh, so if you're 30 and lucky enough to have a 19 yr old girlfriend, you'll both enjoy your self when you go see Kickin' It. As I left the theater, young and old were repeating Bobby Lee and Jamie Kennedy's line "domo, domo". Defenitlly will be a line to be repeated for some time. I just pray that frat boys don't play it out like they did with Dave Chappelle. Yeahya!!!! If you like "out side the box" comedy, then you'll enjoy this present day blast from the past. Finally a comedy that made me laugh out loud.

This thing makes Malibu's Most Wanted look like American Beauty. I'm being generous in giving it a 3, but only because I chuckled a few times at some of the 80's references. This movie has one thing going for it, Michael Rosenbaum. He is incredibly funny in it, and I'm sure most of his stuff was improvised, because it's the only bright spot in a badly directed, badly lit, badly everything turkey that should've been released in January or February. Rosenbaum has fun with his role, and he even manages to reference Oliver Stone's 'The Doors' if you can believe it. Skip it and put it on your Netflix list if you're really bored.

this movie has no redeeming qualities at all...none...it is insulting and worst of all it isn't funny. For example, it makes fun of an elderly homeless man, then offers up as comedy a picture of that man peeing on himself. It has a horrible stereotype of Black women bullying and beating up on their men and the men being afraid of their women. When I saw the film it didn't draw one laugh from the audience that was watching it...not one. It was a pathetic, humorless, offensive and stupid endeavor. The only partially redeeming characteristic of this film is that if you get up to go to the snack bar in the middle of the film you won't miss anything funny or important. Do NOT see this film!

This movie was fun and witty in my opinion. I went just looking for some laughs. Myself and everyone in the theater was laughing the entire time. Rosenbaum (Kip) played an excellent jerk and I find his versatility as an actor impressive. Going from a drama (Lex Luthor of Smallville) to a witty comedy; I imagine is tough for most actors to pull off. As far as realism in a movie goes, this story line was pretty good. Is it a little far fetched, sure, but it's a movie and the intent is to be funny, not real. But the plot is tame, nobody is saving the world or surviving gun shots or performing impossible stunts like riding a motorcycle while doing and indo and shooting people. Overall, I thought the cast acted this story line out as well as it could have been. If you grew up in the 80's and are looking for some witty humor and good laughs, I think you'll really enjoy this movie.

Just when you thought the nail couldn't be pushed any deeper into his coffin, Kennedy is back, and this time in a movie like Malibu's Most Wanted, or rather a movie where he is acting like a stupid white guy: Kickin It Old Skool! Right now I'm telling you just to rent Malibu's Most Wanted to get a clear picture of how this movie is: humorless with a stupid white protagonist. You don't even have to go out and spend a few bucks on a rental, just turn on your TV at this moment, and you will find a movie with the same formula. The only handful of at least entertaining films Kennedy have been in is "Dead Poets Society", for which he was uncredited, "Boogie Nights" which wasn't in the original film but deleted scenes, and Scream where his character was well balanced among the other high school kids in the film. His track record of Son of the Mask and Max Keeble's big movie, considered his biggest roles along with MMW weren't too great. The best part of the film was the secondary characters, who dished out some occasional amusing humor from time to time. But the humor didn't last long when it cut right back to a joke about stupid white Jaimie Kennedy, just to ruin the good mood! The story is oh-so familiar, with a rival young hip group of kids just waiting to duke it out with Kennedy and his band of misfits, except duke it with fists they shall not, but rather their old skool moves. (Notice how the title of the film is spelled adequately for our youth of today, missing all sorts of hard consonants that we shouldn't bother with putting in proper linguistics). Alas, there could have been hope. But don't waste your money on yet another film attempting to exploit the goofy white people, which has been done for years on end. Kennedy needs to stay in his coma, for the better. 3

This movie was utterly obnoxious. All the jokes were trite, slapstick humor and could be seen a mile away. The acting was stilted at best and downright awful at worst. It was overdone both acting wise and in the direction. Not that one would expect greatness from a Jaime Kennedy movie but I thought it would at least be entertaining. Unfortunately, this was not the case. It was the worst movie I have ever sat through at the theater. Had I paid money instead of seeing a special screening I would have demanded a refund after ten minutes. Don't bother spending your money on this film, wait three months, it will be out on cable its that bad.