Here Comes The Boom Page #6

Synopsis: A high school biology teacher looks to become a successful mixed-martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to prevent extra-curricular activities from being axed at his cash-strapped school.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport
Director(s): Frank Coraci
Production: Sony/Columbia Pictures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
39%
PG
Year:
2012
105 min
$45,274,251
Website
1,491 Views


Come on, sit down.

Hi, again, everybody.

I'm Mike Goldberg.

Welcome once again to the

Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Since the first day

he entered the Octagon,

we knew Ken Dietrich

was something special.

My partner as always,

Joe Rogan.

Man, what

an exciting matchup this is.

Incredible matchup, you know,

for a bunch of reasons.

You hold for bets.

Ken Dietrich,

Brian Stann, here we go!

Straight left by Dietrich.

He's jumping all over Stann.

He should just double-leg

him, take him down.

Did you ever fight?

No, no, I wrestled in college.

That guy's a wrestler.

Wrestlers make great fighters.

And Dietrich

jumps all over him again.

- He's got the takedown!

- Oh!

You called it!

Ooh, twisty!

Twisty! Twisty!

Twisty.

And he has that

nasty shoulder-lock.

And it is all over!

Ken Dietrich, the Executioner!

Sorry, Koen.

Ah! He took his 10 grand

and ran off like

a Shetland pony!

Ten grand... He made

Yep.

But he lost.

Yeah, if he won,

it would've been 50.

Okay, next fight.

Mixed Martial Arts?

Do you even know

how to do that?

No. No, I do not.

This is crazy.

Look, I saw this

UFC event last night,

and the guy got paid 10 grand

to fight, and he lost.

I was a really good wrestler in college.

I think I can do this.

Do what?

Lose.

You cannot do this.

Marty, look, we only have until

the end of the school year

to save your job.

Come on! Night school.

Oh, great, yeah,

between what I make there

and what you make

with your private lessons,

we'll save the music

program in 18 years.

This is the best

chance you got.

Okay.

Okay, if you're gonna lose,

then I'm gonna help you lose.

Deal?

Deal.

Let's do this.

Let's lose.

Unfortunately,

today is gonna be my last day.

But don't worry, next week,

you're gonna be in great

hands with a new teacher,

and he's gonna be...

But you are new?

Yes, I am new.

But this guy, he's even newer.

Understand?

So, you are not new?

No, I am new, okay...

I'm so confused.

I don't...

Okay, we're going

off the rails again here.

Okay, listen, everybody.

Here's the point.

Next week, lam not gonna be here.

I will be gone.

But I wanted to say

to you guys good luck and...

You know what? Welcome

to America in advance.

Yeah, that's how

confident I am in you.

Live the dream.

Make it happen.

So, thank you and good night.

Okay?

So, I'm citizen?

Man, I can't believe you

would quit on me like this.

I'm citizen.

You know how

important this is to me.

Niko, relax.

I got it all worked out.

But I need to

ask you something.

Okay!

Here's the thing.

I need money

to save a friend's job,

a lot of money.

Okay,

and as crazy as it sounds,

I want to fight Mixed Martial

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Allan Loeb

Allan Loeb (born July 25, 1969) is an American screenwriter and film and television producer. He wrote the 2007 film Things We Lost in the Fire and created the 2008 television series New Amsterdam. He wrote the film drama 21, which also was released in 2008. Among his other credits, he wrote and produced The Switch (2010). He also co-wrote Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), and wrote The Dilemma (2011), and Just Go with It (2011). He performed a rewrite for the musical Rock of Ages (2012), and the mixed martial arts comedy Here Comes the Boom (2012). more…

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