Lazer Team (2015)

Four losers are thrust into the position of saving the world when they stumble upon a UFO crash site and become genetically equipped to the battle suit on board.

Director:

Matt Hullum

Writers:

Burnie Burns (story), Burnie Burns (screenplay)

Stars:

Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, Michael Jones

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Burnie Burns	...	Hagan
Gavin Free	...	Woody
Michael Jones	...	Zach
Colton Dunn	...	Herman
Alexandria DeBerry	...	Mindy (as Allie DeBerry)
Alan Ritchson	...	Adam
Steve Shearer	...	Colonel Emory
Kirk C. Johnson	...	Officer Vandenbloom (as Kirk Johnson)
Benjamin Scott	...	General Cale
Johnny Walter	...	Murdoch
Chris Demarais	...	Franksen
Jeremy St. James	...	Bean
Patrick A. Grover	...	Cronie #1 (as Patrick Grover)
Bobby Hernandez	...	Cronie #2
Irina Voronina	...	Beautiful Scientist

Storyline

After thousands of years of thinking we are alone in the universe we decode a message (in the 60s) telling us we are not alone, and that the universe is a dangerous place and that we are going to be attacked. Luckily, the coded message came from a friendly alien race that fathered and protected us over the years. And now they are giving us the tools to fight back (in the form of power armor). But the delivery service takes a long time, and during those loooong decades waiting for that cargo ship to arrive with their one power suit, they choose a champion of earth to train to wear the suit and defend the earth! Then the ship finally arrives... Only to get shot down by 4 morons who play with the suit and ultimately get one piece each stuck to them. Now they need to work with the government to train these 4 morons with individual pieces attached to them. Will they save the day or will they stand around contemplating life?

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Plot Keywords:

alien | transmission | battle suit | training | police officer | 

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Taglines:

Mankind's darkest hour needs our brightest team.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual material including references, language, action violence, teen partying and smoking

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the movie Michael Jones' character is tazed multiple times. While working at RoosterTeeth, Jones was tazed twice during a live stream as part of a fund raiser benefiting Children's Hospitals in the Central Texas area.

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Goofs

Woody's helmet has a full face visor, making him unable to eat, yet when the Worg turns up, his breath puffs out, beyond his own full face visor, which it shouldn't be able to.

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Quotes

Neil deGrasse Tyson: My calculations show that, scientifically, we're screwed.

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Crazy Credits

During the credits, the names of the 1634 Indiegogo backers are listed and take 4 minutes and 30 seconds to scroll on and off screen.

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Connections

Referenced in On the Spot: How to Accept an Oscar (2016)

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Soundtracks

One More Try
Performed by Alexander William Abraham (as Alex Abraham) and Jeff Williams
Music and lyrics by Jeff Williams

User Reviews

Nothing more than mindless entertainment

Lazer Team (2016) is nothing more than mindless entertainment. While I can't call myself a current fan of Rooster Teeth, I did quite enjoy them when I was younger. I'm sure people who are actively following them and have grown to appreciate their sense of humor will find this film enjoyable. Still, the major problems lay within the script. Everything is played out and predictable, the attempts at one-liners are flat, and the story isn't even compelling. The special-effects are shoddy, some are fine while some are horrendous. This is a low-budget sci-fi flick, so that's to be expected, but the film relies on those effects too heavily. The acting is fine and everybody at least seems to be making an effort. The action is also pretty solid, but it suffers from being too foreseeable. Clichés are also something to be found throughout to point to where it just blatantly copies from other source materials. 'Lazer Team' is kinda fun but is also kinda annoyingly unoriginal.

Details

Official Sites:

Lazer Team Official Site Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lazer Team

Filming Locations:

Spiderwood Studios, Austin, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,480,421 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$108,586, 31 January 2016

Gross USA:

$1,186,426

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,406,538

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rooster Teeth Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1