Here Comes The Boom Movie Review

By moonlighting as a Mixed Martial Arts fighter to save his school's music program, no one will fight for his students like biology teacher Scott Voss (played by comedic actor Kevin James) or so says the tagline in the newest movie release: Here Comes The Boom. The story begins with another ordinary day in which Biology teacher Scott Voss oversleeps again and has to rush to his job and is late as usual. You get the sense that he is very uninspired. Shortly after during a staff meeting which announces some budgetary cuts namely the Music Department as well as the music teacher himself (Played by the cool Henry Winkler) losing his tenure, Scott decides to raise money from an unlikely source in order to save the music program and his friend's job. Just what is that unlikely source you may ask: The world of Mixed Martial Arts. In the midst of his nighttime gig in which he prepares immigrants for citizenship in America, Scott befriends Niko, who happens to be a retired MMA fighter (Played by mixed martial arts legend Bas Rutten) and while watching some fights gets an idea to raise the funds by training and fighting all the while expecting to lose for the most part however even losing could raise the funds that the school desperately needs. After convincing getting Niko to help him train for some upcoming fights in the MMA underground circuit everything seems to go according to plan with a win here a loss there with more of the former.