College freshman Abby tries to distance herself from her dark past while resisting her attraction to bad boy Travis.
Dylan Sprouse
Travis Maddox
Virginia Gardner
Abby Abernathy
Austin North
Shepley Maddox
Libe Barer
America Mason
Rob Estes
Benny
Brian Austin Green
Mick Abernathy
Autumn Reeser
Professor Felder
Samuel Larsen
Jesse Viveros
Manal El-Feitury
Bursa
Jack Hesketh
Trenton Maddox
Micky Dartford
Tyler Maddox
Neil Bishop
Parker Hayes
Trevor Van Uden
Thomas Maddox
Declan Michael Laird
Taylor Maddox
Michael Cudlitz
Jim Maddox
Dessy Slavova
Woman Fighter #2
Akshay Kumar
Adam
Tihomir Vinchev
Chernobyl
Owen Davis
Beau
Euan Macnaughton
Yates
Leart Dokle
Vince
Marko Novkov
Brady Hoffman
Luboslav Velev
Male Fighter
Director, Writer
Roger Kumble
Book
Jamie McGuire
April 13, 2023
6
I fully expected to hate this - but, well, I didn't. "Abby" (Virginia Gardner) is fed up picking up the pieces for her gambler father so heads to college in California. First night there, she and her pal "America" (Libe Barer) head off to a student equivalent of "Fight Club" where she meets the bare knuckle champion "Travis" (Dylan Sprouse). Replete with some of his latest victim's blood on her top, she feigns a loathing for the man but... Shortly afterwards, their dorm water supply runs dry and she has to move in with her friend. Guess what? Yep, one of her new roomies is none other than the mischievous pugilist. There now follows a rather contrived - and frankly ridiculous - bet that sees her end up sharing his bed for a month, Will they, won't they? That doesn't matter - this film isn't about jeopardy. It's about pretty people having a bit of a laugh and hoping some of that rubs off on us. I found there to a bit of chemistry between the two, "Travis" is actually quite charismatic and the humour is marginally more sophisticated than we would find in, say, the interminable "After..." series of teen melodramas. It's trying to do grown up, and it makes a half-decent fist of it. The last twenty minutes are particularly daft though - and did rather ruin the thing. It certainly does not need a cinema viewing (even though there were certainly 50+ people at the screening I attended) - but even if it is too long, it's still an OK watch.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$25,000,000.00
Revenue:
$6,850,036.00