Brother's Justice (2010)

Motivated by Box Office statistics, Dax Shepard has made a decision to leave comedy to pursue his dream of becoming an international Martial Arts action star.

Directors:

David Palmer, Dax Shepard

Writer:

Dax Shepard

Stars:

Dax Shepard, Nate Tuck, Greg Siegel

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dax Shepard	...	Himself / Waylan / Patrick Jeung / Patrick Justice
Nate Tuck	...	Nate
Greg Siegel	...	Greg
James Feldman	...	James
Andrew Panay	...	Andres
Ashton Kutcher	...	Himself
Tom Arnold	...	Himself / Mark 'Pappy' Jeung
Laura Labo	...	Laura
Jon Favreau	...	Himself
Josh Temple	...	Willie
Rome Shadanloo	...	Waylan's Love
Chevonne Moore	...	Chevonne
Jordan Morris	...	Jordan
Bradley Cooper	...	Himself / Dwight Sage
David Koechner	...	Himself / Senior

Storyline

Comedic actor Dax Shepard wants to change genres: with friend and producer Nate Tuck, he concocts a concept for an action film featuring martial arts. They drop in on Ashton Kutcher to see if he'll co-star, ask Jon Favreau to direct, and seek advice from Tom Arnold (because he was in "True Lies"). The road to a green light is rough, full of stops and cul-de-sacs. Along the way there's a front-yard wrestling match with Bradley Cooper and David Koechner, back stories on other Shepard/Tuck ventures, and a rupture in a life-long friendship. Can Dax get his kung-fu movie made in spite of rejection?

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Plot Keywords:

mockumentary | martial arts | wrestling | rejection | producer | 

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Taglines:

Not every idea is a winner

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 April 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Palmer Productions, Primate Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Conan: The Island of Misfit Roys: Scheider Edition (2011)

User Reviews

Uneven

The plot: A comedian decides to quit making comedies and, instead, become an international martial arts superstar, despite being thoroughly incompetent.

There are some funny moments in this movie, but most of them involve the co-stars, rather than the leads. I can see what they were intending, but I'm not really sure that it worked. Much of the movie is meant to be stupid or intentionally bad, which I guess works, but it fails to be funny. The execution just isn't all that great. I think the biggest problem is that they just couldn't find a balance between the self-conscious, ironic, intentionally bad scenes and the funny scenes.

It's not horrible, but it's a bit uneven, and there are parts that are a bit slow and boring. It's also got lots of warmed-over Internet memes, like Chuck Norris references, ironic homophobia, ironic homoeroticism, and an ironic appreciation of bad B movies. If you still laugh at Chuck Norris jokes, five years after most of the Internet got tired of them, then this is the movie for you. If you can't imagine living your life without copious amounts of irony, this is the movie for you. If you're a bit tired of all this stuff, then I'd advise you just watch a Christopher Guest mockumentary.