Here Comes The Boom Page #7

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
1,506 Views


Arts, but I need your help.

I want you to train me.

You're kidding?

No, I can do this.

You're too old!

And on top of that,

you have no experience.

But there are guys that run

marathons well into their 80s.

Not when they're

being punched in the face.

Come on, you said it yourself,

wrestlers make great fighters.

And you know, when I was

younger, I took judo.

I mean, it was only for

three and a half weeks.

I had to stop 'cause my sensei

got accepted into dental school.

But he said I had

wicked potential, man.

There's no way you can fight.

And that's the end of it.

Okay, great.

What time are we

studying tonight?

You just quit!

Look, you don't want to

train me, that's fine.

But we started this thing

and we're not gonna stop

until you're a citizen, okay?

Okay.

You want to be a fighter?

You start in the cage.

There's a small-time show

this weekend.

I'll get you in.

Wait a second, no.

Fight right away?

Shouldn't we train first?

No! Trial by fire, baby!

I'm a citizen.

You made my dream come true.

Miguel...

I'm going to name

my boy after you.

His name is Sergio,

but I'm going to switch it up.

That's nice, Miguel.

Let's slow things

down a second, okay?

And let's take

a little walk and talk.

Something wrong?

Maybe.

Ow!

Ow!

Come on, I got to do this.

I know. Okay, okay.

Oh!

Okay, hold it for a minute.

This is a terrible mattress.

I'm feeling everything.

This is ridiculous.

I'm not gonna learn

any of this stuff.

I'm telling you,

I'm just gonna wrestle.

I'm gonna take it

to the ground.

It's my world.

Your world?

Your world is

gonna be destroyed

by people who know

multiple disciplines.

The fight's in two days.

What am I gonna learn?

It is what it is.

I got it.

I know exactly

what you have to do.

You're gonna beat your opponent

before the match ever starts.

You're gonna learn the

ancient art of intimidation.

You ever actually

been in a fight?

No. Well, none with a boy,

anyway.

But I know this is gonna work.

Okay, so based on your limited

experience fighting girls,

how?

Music.

You're gonna be

inspired by music.

That's why all the gladiators

entered the Colosseum

with all that thundering music.

Actually,

they do that in the UFC.

Exactly.

And you're gonna

follow in the footsteps

of all those great warriors.

Every one of them had

a distinctive musical theme

that put fear in the hearts

of their opponents,

which rendered them defeated

even before their match began.

I got it. You could

enter with Pachelbel.

No, I know what I'm doing.

With Bach.

I don't need that. It's gonna be...

I have it.

Don't...

Mozart's 35th in D Major.

Listen to me.

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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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