FlashCallahan Brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon, now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most money in one night. The winner stands to gain $10,000, while the loser will endure a beating at the hands of the champ.The concept of the film is pretty funny, The titular character loses a bet and he owes 20,000 yen, or something there about, so the staff on shift enter a pseudo competition. If they get the biggest tab, they win.If the audience were to be let in on the punchline a little earlier, this could have been an amusing film, but instead, we get an endless array of sketches involving the odd staff, and the abhorrent patrons whom frequent the restaurant.There must have been some pretty hard cuts in the film, because we are never explained as to why Heffernan became the manager, or what happened to him after he fell down the stairs. Nope, we get the old 'One Year later' text as to avoid Basil Exposition.And this is basically the film. We have a new guy whom gets progressively drunk as the film goes on (highly recommended), a sub plot involving an ingestion of a diamond ring and laxatives, and an old romance trying to be rekindled between two of the staff.Oh, and lets not forget the compulsory oddball who forgets to take his meds on time. I've never known a drug that would wear off literally minutes after forgetting to take it.It's a pretty poor effort from Broken Lizard, Beerfest and Club dread were no classics, but at least they raised a smile or two.But it's worth watching for Michael Clarke Duncan, who puts in a wonderful performance, the only funny thing about the film.

bodil-644-474356 I watched this movie because the plot seemed like a good basis for a comedy. Unfortunately the plot was wasted with a mixture of foul language, schoolboy humour and poor slapstick being passed off as comedy. I once worked in my younger years in the catering business so am familiar with the way restaurants work, hence my liking the plot.The idea of an abusive ex-boxing boss threatening to punch and hurt staff while shouting obscenities and belittling them was not funny. Wait staff acting like retards in a (I assume) expensive restaurant was also not funny. Patrons physically and verbally abusing staff was also not funny. All the schoolboy humour and sexual references sprinkled with every swear word under the sun was not funny. I don't mind swearing but it simply wasn't funny in this movie.Overall this movie gave me a few chuckles but otherwise left me cold. The one part where the chap dining by himself and eating next to nothing gives the busboy Donnie the largest tip was a good moment but it was for sentimental reasons, not humour. Maybe with a different director and producer this movie may have faired better. I have not seen Supertroopers or Beerfest and am now reluctant to do so if this is the sort of garbage Broken Lizard portrays as comedy.

chris dimarino If you're a fan of Broken Lizard (Super Troopers and Beerfest) then you will absolutely love this movie. I am one of those fans and must say that not only do the 5 members of Broken Lizard impress as always, but the other additions of Cobbie Smulder, April Bowlby and of course Michael Clark Duncan are fantastic.The Slammin' Salmon is a restaurant owned by a former boxer (MCD) where the the wait staff leader (Farva - Heffernan) is told that if they don't make 20k, the restaurant will close. He decides to offer a prize for the top server and the competition begins.This movie works because it clicks on many levels. It has humor that's cheesy, dirty and clever mixed in with one liners. The contrast of Jay's craziness, MCD's anger and Cobbie's innocence meshes so well it would be hard for any person who likes to laugh to hate this movie. I would recommend this movie to everyone except for those taking their girlfriends to a romcom.

hokiekayyali I've seen my fair share of movies and I RARELY hate them. I absolutely love Broken Lizard. Super Troopers, like 90% of all people in their 20's, is one of my favorite movies. Beerfest was awesome too. I bought this movie on the sheer fact, that it was a broken lizard movie. 90 painful minutes later, I returned this crap to the store. The only time I laughed was at the credits when they were doing bloopers. It had no plot, no comedy, and terrible acting. I'm not saying these fellas need to be British Victorian actors or anything, but this movie was terrible. And NO....I'm not comparing this to super troopers, like everyone does with Broken Lizard movies. I was sincerely, just flat out disappointed by this. FYI, I've never reviewed a movie online before. So this thing really hit me hard with it's crappiness........plus, I'm really bored at work.