
Comedic actor Dax Shepard wants to change genres: with friend and producer Nate Tuck, he concocts a concept for an action film featuring martial arts. They drop in on Ashton Kutcher to see if he'll co-star, ask Jon Favreau to direct, and seek advice from Tom Arnold (because he was in "True Lies"). The road to a green light is rough, full of stops and cul-de-sacs. Along the way there's a front-yard wrestling match with Bradley Cooper and David Koechner, back stories on other S... (Full plot summary below)
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Comedic actor Dax Shepard wants to change genres: with friend and producer Nate Tuck, he concocts a concept for an action film featuring martial arts. They drop in on Ashton Kutcher to see if he'll co-star, ask Jon Favreau to direct, and seek advice from Tom Arnold (because he was in "True Lies"). The road to a green light is rough, full of stops and cul-de-sacs. Along the way there's a front-yard wrestling match with Bradley Cooper and David Koechner, back stories on other Shepard/Tuck ventures, and a rupture in a life-long friendship. Can Dax get his kung-fu movie made in spite of rejection?
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| VarietyDennis HarveyIt's an easy watch that nonetheless consistently feels like a grazing blow rather than a knockout. |
| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanWhile Shepard and Tuck earn a few laughs spoofing the celebrity/enabler relationship, the high points come from the game cameos: Ashton Kutcher, Jon Favreau, and Bradley Cooper are drolly entertaining as A-listers who make it perfectly clear that they're doing their buddy a big favor by appearing in his movie. |
| Filmcritic.comNorm Schrageras any film school student will tell you, usually in hindsight, you need a script. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinSure, this frequently improvised spoof isn't intended to be taken seriously, but it's also not funny or incisive enough to counter the unappealing persona the actor-comedian has concocted here: an impulsive, clueless narcissist on a journey to reinvent himself as an action star. |
| Time OutEric HynesOutside of a few spirited celebrity cameos - Favreau seems convincingly affronted by Dax's ineptitude, Bradley Cooper gamely tussles with him on a suburban lawn - this meta-vanity project isn't funny so much as counterproductive. It's no less a work of wankery for winking at us. |
| Slant MagazineNick SchagerDax Shepard delivers an I'm Still Here-style mockumentary of staggering incompetence with Brother's Justice. |
| User ReviewJay CDax pretty awesome, even when he's doing stupid stuff & being a prick. Ever watch Punked? Dax is an acquired taste for a specific audience, old critics need not apply- or rate-just, go eat some gluten free bran muffins. |
| User ReviewShawn SMildly funny look at Dax Shepard's movie-making process. Lots of funny celebrity cameos. |
| User ReviewCamille Lthis movie, while not in christopher guest league, was very funny. not sure why everyone here is ripping it apart.. nothing wrong with a silly, funny movie on a saturday night. |
| User ReviewConnie FSilly filmmaking mockumentary that has some funny parts. |