Rapper Ice Cube has long been known not only for music, but also for his acting talent. On his account there are quite a few sound films, including the film “Battle of the Teachers” (2017). The actor played one of the key roles in it.
About the film
In the American and world hire, this comedy tape was released in February 2017. Despite the fact that the world screening of the film in cinemas began only in 2017, the shooting of the film was completed in the fall of 2015. What is the reason for this delay, the creators have not officially commented.
The film involved excellent actors who, by the way, did a good job of their roles. Although not all actors can be distinguished, since the game of some of them was rather weak.
Despite the long preparations for the screening of the film “Battle of the Teachers,” the actors who starred in it and the entire team working on it, sincerely hoped that the comedy could “shoot” at the box office. However, this did not happen, although the film cannot be called a complete failure either.
Plot
The action in the film is quite simple and straightforward. His goal is to entertain the viewer, give positive emotions, although there is some semantic load.
So, the focus is on two high school teachers. The first one, named Andy Campbell, is an ordinary school teacher who has never fought in his life, has a family and constantly indulges his wife.
The second is his perfect antipode: a physically developed, unbalanced and very strict teacher who does not allow schoolchildren and other teachers to make fun of him. No wonder everyone calls him "strict." Absolutely everyone in school fears him: from students to the headmaster himself.
It so happened that Campbell involuntarily became the culprit of the dismissal of the "strict worker" because of which he was wildly angry and challenged Andy to a duel, which should take place after classes at 15:00.
Of course, Campbell is very afraid and is trying in every possible way to avoid a fight with the "strict". Almost the whole plot of the picture is built on this.
Actors and roles of the film “Battle of the Teachers” (2017)
The character of Andy Campbell on the screen was embodied by actor Charlie Day, who is known to viewers for such films as "Obnoxious Bosses" and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." Charlie has long established himself as an excellent comedian, and then he coped with his tasks with a bang.
The role of strict teacher, as mentioned above, was played by the world famous rapper and actor O'Shea Jackson, better known to the public as Ice Cube. This is not his first appearance in the cinema, but it cannot be said that the best. But in general, he managed to cope with his tasks.
In addition to them in the film played: Tracy Morgan as a coach of Crawford, Gillian Bell (Holly), Dean Norris (Director Tyler) and many others. “Battle of the Teachers” is a film (2017), in which the actors involved are quite famous and experienced, but this still did not save the tape from devastating criticism.
Reviews and box office
The film was very coldly received by film critics who literally defeated it. On the world's largest movie portals, film ratings do not rise above five points out of 10. For example, on Rotten Tomatoes (an American analogue of the Russian “Kinopoisk”), the rating of the film was only 3.9 points out of 10, which is a very low indicator.
Amateur viewers gave slightly higher marks to the picture, but in general, the opinion coincided with the ratings of critics. The film is criticized primarily for stupid humor, which sometimes develops into an outspoken farce, weak script, poor acting, and much more. There are a lot of nit-picks and claims to the tape, although there are also positive reviews about the “Battle of the Teachers” (film, 2017).
The actors, whose photos you see in the article, were pretty upset that the film turned out so weak.
Be that as it may, but the picture still managed to pay off at the box office. With a budget of just $ 22 million, which is pretty small by Hollywood standards, she managed to raise almost 41 million. Thus, the film paid off its initial investment almost twice. Therefore, the picture cannot be called a complete failure. Most likely, the fact of participation in the film of a large number of famous actors played positively. This attracted increased interest in the picture.
“Battle of the Teachers” is a film (2017), the actors of which, although they tried to make the film better, still failed. Indeed, not only the actors, but also the director, cameramen, screenwriters, editors, producers, etc. work on the picture. The team could not make a truly worthy movie.
Conclusion
“Battle of the Teachers” is a film (2017), whose actors are not proud of participating in this project, since it turned out to be so bad. However, this does not mean that those who took part in its creation do not know how to create something worthwhile. It so happens that during the production of the tape everything seems to be going well, and the output is a pretty dull movie.
No one will doubt that on the account of the actors who played in this comedy, there are already a considerable number of worthy film works, and in the future there will be many more interesting projects. Due to the failure of one film, you should not put an end to the career of all actors and the crew.