I went to see this film on a preview with my husband before Christmas but the film is officially out in the U. K. today.
IMDB says: A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
In this Andy Fickman (Race to Witch Mountain, You Again) directed and Dan Ewen (Opposites Attract, Dear Satan) and Matt Lieberman (The Christmas Chronicles, Free Guy) written movie, John Cena (Bumblebee, The Marine) stars as Jake Carson, who along with his crew Mark (Keegan-Michael Key: Let's be Cops, Tomorrowland), Rodrigo (John Leguizamo: Chef, Romeo and Juliet) and Axe (Tyler Mane: X-Men, Halloween, and whilst singing, Paul Potts) are fire jumpers (not to be mistaken with firemen).
When they save three children trapped in a cabin fire and are unable to locate their parents, they have to look after them at the firestation. The eldest Brynn (Brianna Hildebrand: Deadpool, The Exorcist) seems to be determined to press all their buttons, the middle child Will (Christian Convery: Venom, Beautiful Boy) keeps touching dangerous things and the youngest Zooey (Finley Rose Slater in her first role) won't stop crying. Plus, they keep trying to run away. Trying to secure his dream job as a successor to Commander Richards (Dennis Haysbert: Far from Heaven, 24), Jake enlists the help of nearby scientist Dr Amy Hicks (Judy Greer: 13 Going 30, Ant-Man) hoping to get things under control before his visit. Can they keep them safe until their parents return? And will they mess up his chances of getting his promotion?
Make no mistake this is a family movie. There are some good laughs to be had but the whole toilet humour scene went on so long that it completely ruined any chance of me remembering them. It was a shame as Key was an excellent comedy side kick, he stole the movie, yet Leguizamo, Greer and Haysbert were woefully underused. Hildebrand shone as the complicated teen but there was just too much cheese and don't get me wrong, cheese can sometimes be good (Daddy's Home anyone?) but sadly, as the numerous people that left the cinema during the movie would attest to, it was just too over the top.
If you want some infantile humour for the kids to enjoy this festive holiday, then I can recommend it as the children in the audience found it laugh out loud. If not, give it a miss.
5/10 (for the kids)
Trivia: This is Nickelodeon Movies' last film of the 2010s and when asked about his thoughts on the movie, John Cena stated 'There's poopie stuff in it.'
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