You don’t have to overcomplicate the premise of a movie when you put Ice Cube and Charlie Day in it. And the filmmakers behind “Fist Fight” certainly aren’t overworking their brains with this upcoming comedy that essentially wonders: what if Ice Cube and Charlie Day really didn’t get along?
Directed by Richie Keen (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), and featuring a pretty good ensemble that includes Christina Hendricks, Jillian Bell, Tracy Morgan, and Dennis Haysbert the story follows two teachers will meet outside by the basketball courts at recess and fight, basically. Here’s the official synopsis:
On the last day of the year, mild-mannered high school English teacher Andy Campbell (Charlie Day) is trying his best to keep it together amidst senior pranks, a dysfunctional administration and budget cuts that put jobs on the line. But things go from bad to worse when he accidentally crosses his much tougher and deeply feared colleague, Ron Strickland (Ice Cube), who challenges Campbell to an old-fashioned throwdown after school. News of the fight spreads like wildfire and ends up becoming the very thing this school, and Campbell, needed.
“Fist Fight” opens on February 17, 2017.