Killing Hasselhoff

I must admit that at first glance, at the title alone, I went "nah". This movie was sort of a either it fails horribly or it turns out to be a stroke of genius. And with that in mind, I sat down to watch "Killing Hasselhoff" from writer Peter Hoare and director Darren Grant.

Well, I can honestly say that the movie had an interestingly enough concept that it was founded upon, but the story of the movie just never really found its footing and it ended up as something that really didn't live up to what it could have been and failed to deliver where it could he delivered so much more.

Despite having performances from the likes of Ken Jeong, Jim Jefferies and David Hasselhoff himself, then the movie just settled on a flat mediocre speed. I must say that it was definitely the performance of Ken Jeong that carried the movie for the most part.

"Killing Hasselhoff" turned out to be a movie that was seriously lacking funny situations that would bring about laughs. If it had more top notch comedy, then it would have made for a more wholesome movie. My final rating of "Killing Hasselhoff" has to be a very generic and mediocre five out of ten stars, because this was bland. So very, very bland...

Lighten up people.

Probably the most non-PC movie made in recent times, this is a very funny film.

I don't think anyone escape ridicule. This script goes after everybody.

Hasselhoff is fantastic, skewering himself and his image with abandon and Jeong is great as well.

For those who want to laugh and won't mind the jokes, this is perfect.

The entire premise and outcome of the movie is in the trailer, so watching the film had to be about the jokes and the acting. And it was not funny. Oh, Hasselhoff making fun of his own inflated ego was a bit, but a very short bit, then it got old quick.

Now, this is not a bad movie that you can enjoy, it's just plain boring. It's got nothing, not even specific scenes, that is above the mediocre. I wanted very much to enjoy it, but I couldn't.

I watched this movie solely for the fact that I had no idea Jim Jeffries ever began acting (second funniest standup comedian behind Bill Burr in my opinion) and figured he helped write the script but unfortunately, he did not. As a result, it was nowhere near as funny as it could or should have been but Colton Dunn (Redix) did have two very hilarious scenes which provided as the only funny parts of the movie. The movie is not boring or dull but lacking in comedy and jokes which is what I base any comedy movie's greatness on. From Ken Jeong to David Hasselhoff, Rick Fox, Kid Cudi, and even a cameo by Justin Bieber, there was enough star power to make it interesting but the screenwriting was lacking which was unfortunate. The movie had a great concept, though. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but you should enjoy it if you decide to watch it after all.

This film really only works if you are massively into David Hasselhoff, or if references, nostalgia and cameos are your absolute favourite parts of a movie. This has all that in spades!

Apart from that there really isn't that much ucg esle to offer here. It's not really all that funny and the story is all over the place.

Overall it's a pretty brainless comedy that relies on references to get it through, if you just want to turn your brain off then it's fine, but that's about it.