I have to say that of all the comedy troupes that I know of Broken Lizard has my vote as the funniest. Yeah you could argue they are inconsistent with highs as up there as 'Super Troopers' and lows as far down as 'Club Dread' but laugh for laugh these guys blow away the nearest competition. So here today comes the trailer for their latest film 'The Slammin Salmon' a restaurant comedy staring Micheal Clarke Duncan in addition to Broken Lizards usual cast of characters. My thought is that this will be a middle of the road film for them, not gonna be as funny as 'Beerfest' or the aforementioned 'Super Troopers' but funny nonetheless. I mean come on any movie that involves punching a live swordfish has got to be funny....right? The only thing that really worries me about this flick is that I saw a trailer for it about a year ago so obviously there's been some retuning done...let's hope it was for the best! Here's the official synopsis, and check out the trailer below.
In the latest comedy from Broken Lizard, (the creators of Supertroopers and Beerfest) "Slammin" Cleon Salmon (Michael Clarke Duncan) is a former Heavyweight Champion of the World turned celebrity owner of a high end Miami seafood restaurant, The Slammin’ Salmon.
A terrifying bull of a man, Salmon uses fear to rule over his misfit waitstaff (Broken Lizard’s Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, as well as Cobie Smulders and April Bowlby) and on this particular night, he takes his bullying skills to a new level. In an effort to pay off a gambling debt to the Japanese Yakuza, Salmon sets up a contest to ‘inspire’ his waitstaff to sell more food than they ever have before: the top selling server wins $10,000 while the waiter in last place gets served with a broken rib sandwich—courtesy of the Champ himself.
Spurred on by greed and panic, the staff resort to backstabbing, bribery and indecent proposals in an attempt to upsell their patrons while simultaneously sabotaging their co-workers. As the hours pass, the dining room action becomes more frenzied as the contest escalates into a brawl for first place in order to win the money.
