Lazer Team is the first feature film from digital production company, of Red Vs Blue fame, Rooster Teeth. Crowd funded via Indiegogo, Lazer Team was a hotly anticipated (well in some circles) sci-fi comedy.
The question remains, can the guys known for producing hilarious short form content translate their talents to feature length? Check the review to find out!
Lazer Team is the story of four horrendously below-average guys, an alien super-weapon and a square-jawed hero.
An ancient alien race bequeath a suit of power armour to earth in order to help protect us from an intergalactic threat. In order to maximise our chances of survival, the US military (naturally) raise a square-jawed champion, whose destiny is to wear the armour, chew bubblegum and ultimately kick some serious alien anus.
However, things go terribly awry when four schlubs accidentally fire a big-ass firework at the power armour’s delivery craft. The four guys each don a piece of the armour and hilarity ensues.
Now we’ve got that out of the way, let’s discuss whether the movie was any good. In short, fuck yes. I went into this not knowing anything about it and left with a massive smile on my face. Although their crowd funding campaign smashed records, it was still a modest budget by any standards. But what these guys were able to achieve is a great example of what some talent, a good script and a dab hand at the old After Effects can get you.
The comedy zings from character to character and is just the right side of raucous. Some of the jokes could end up firmly in the Porkies land of comedy, but the great performances by the four leads and the self-aware goofiness makes sure that this movie avoids those pitfalls.
This is the type of sci-fi comedy that definitely gives a nod of the hat to great movies of this type such as Ghostbusters and...ahem Evolution (I love that movie...).
If there are any criticisms it could be that it’s maybe a little too long, or drags slightly at bits. Sometimes it’s a little too goofy but that maybe me being a likkle bit of a cynical asshole.
Lazer Team was pretty good though, especially considering who made it and for what budget. I would definitely recommend you go seek this one out if you like watching shit get blown-up and like to laugh at dick jokes, haha dicks..
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