There's one big issue with this movie, and it's that it just wasn't that funny. There were jokes and sight gags that constantly happen in it, and my brain did register that they were suppose to make me laugh, but the problem is that I couldn't find it in myself to actually laugh. Maybe I did laugh for one, two, maybe three of the jokes, but I think that's it. The movie seemed obsessed with trying to be outrageous and edgy, that it forgot that it can't just rely on that method alone, and actually needed to make it funny as well. I know comedy is subjective, but c'mon now!
I was ready to write off the whole movie as an absolute waste of my time, but it managed to salvage the experience during the last twenty minutes. Specifically speaking, there is one scene towards the end that involves actress Alexa Nisenson that I genuinely enjoyed, and of course there's the teacher fight that actually was fun and entertaining to watch. Those two set pieces were like the main pay-offs to everything that happened before them. They could have saved us a lot of time and just released those two parts online as short films that would have worked on their own without the rest of the movie.
Despite the numerous issues I had with "Fist Fight" (should have just been called "Teacher Fight"), I can't blame the cast at all. The cast did as good a job as they can for the roles given to them. Big kudos to Charlie Day and Ice Cube for looking like they still gave it their all, even if the film didn't really live up to their talents. I actually did like the premise of the movie, the social commentary about teachers, students, and the school system, about standing up for yourself, and having accountability, all that I liked. I just wished all that would have ended up in a much better film.
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