Owen Wilson stars as Drillbit Taylor, a washed-up army deserter who spends his Los Angeles days with the other homeless guys, showering on public beaches and trying to stay as long as possible at the coffee shops. He dreams of scoring a nice sum of money so he can head to Canada, where he hears they give the land away if you go up far enough. It seems his dreams are answered in part by the nightmares of three high school freshman who are constantly tortured by the school's bullies. Wade (Nate Hartley) and Ryan (Troy Gentile) are just your average nerdy freshman, hoping that their "time will come" in high school. But when they show up on the first day of school in the same shirt, the hell begins. When they step in to defend another freshman being stuffed into a locker, the bullies turns their wrath on them. Filkins (Alex Frost), an emancipated teenager whose parents are living in Hong Kong, seems to delight in making the boys' lives a living hell. And since he has no one to answer to, he seems virtually untouchable.
After weeks of enduring countless acts of humiliation (some of which are damn funny, I might add), the boys pool their money and decide to hire a bodyguard. After some pretty funny interviews, they settle on Drillbit Taylor, because he talks a really good game. Originally, Drillbit was just going to rob the kids to make a quick buck, but then his friend, Don (Danny McBride) convinces him they are a real cash cow and the two plan a big heist to get them the dough to flee to Canada.
Naturally, once Drillbit sees how much torture the boys endure, plus gets himself a fake gig as a substitute at the school so he can watch over them which leads to a hot romance with an even hotter fellow teacher (Leslie Mann), he decides to stick around and helps the boys finally stand up for themselves.
This movie is straight up hilarious. The kids are terrific actors and really fun to watch, plus Owen Wilson does a great job as a theiving jerk turned good guy. Even the special features will have you rolling. There are the standard deleted/extended scenes and gag reel, but the Extended Survival Edition includes goodies like a phone conversation between writers Seth Rogen and Kristofor Brown (which is really funny and enlightening), plus some background on the infamous rap-off from the movie, a featurette on the comedian/actor Danny McBride and a really funny featurette starring Stephen Brill on directing kids.
This movie would make a great rent or buy. Its one you could enjoy seeing several times and considering it has Seth Rogen involved, its fairly clean. Check it out.
