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22 September 2009 (USA)
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In small town Nevada, a former TV action hero (Klein) runs afoul of drug dealers and a covered-up murder, inspiring him to round up his old co-stars to save the terrorized townspeople. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Chris Klein | ... | Ronnie Reno | |
| Fred Durst | ... | Ledge | |
| Jake Busey | ... | Merle Jones | |
| Michael Beach | ... | Devon | |
| Paul Francis | ... | Ray Jones | |
| Timothy Ryan Hensel | ... | Dickford Jones | |
| Tim Arnold | ... | Sigh | |
| Richard Riehle | ... | Truck Driver | |
| James Koetting | ... | Sheriff | |
| Lisa Lenes | ... | Ms. Stoner | |
| Justin Spraggins | ... | Actor | |
| Ruth Mills | ... | Hostess | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Sasha Alexander | ... | Carolanne | |
| Kate Ascott-Evans | ... | Molly | |
| Annabelle Bitterman | ... | Blue | |
| Shem Bitterman | ... | Guy | |
| Robert Cicchini | ... | TV Announcer | |
| Dean Delray | ... | Eddy | |
| Dave Eveler | ... | Security Guard | |
| Ayda Field | ... | Marissa | |
| Rance Howard | ... | Old Man | |
| Bunny Levine | ... | Old Lady | |
| Britt Napier | ... | Lisa | |
| Stephen Peace | ... | Charlie (as Stephen Pizzo) | |
| Rick Ross | ... | Anthony | |
| Anthony Ruivivar | ... | Jesus | |
| Ric San Nicholas | ... | Grody | |
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If you're like me, the mix of Chris Klein, Jake Busey, and Fred Durst doesn't exactly spell success. As such, I popped this movie in with few expectations. What I got was a bit of a pleasant surprise, but not much of one. That being said, after I saw the laugh-out-loud awful performance of Chris Klein in Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun Li, I had pretty much counted him out for good. So I suppose it's always good to see someone get back up and at least dust themselves off.
The premise of the film is pretty basic. A washed up TV actor (Klein) falls on a streak of bad (really bad) luck and gets stranded in a small town in the middle of nowhere. Problem is that the town is basically run by a small group of guys running drugs, so it's up to Klein and his old TV show buddies to save the day. That's all fine and good, but it's basically the same plot from Three Amigos and, let's face it, there's little chance anyone will ever do a movie similar to that and do it better. But, with that in mind, it's not too bad. Fred Durst does a good job as the (perhaps appropriately cast) idiot and everyone seems like a total doofus with the exception of Klein and the main antagonist. There really isn't a whole lot of action here so I'm not sure why that's listed as the primary genre, and the comedy isn't so much laugh-out-loud as it is the kind that will give you a chuckle and make you say "What the...?".
All in all it's not bad...I certainly don't think it deserves it's current 2.9 rating. It's not great but you've seen far worse. But then again that's just me. I'd say it's not a bad way to waste an hour and a half.