Fist Fight

On the last day of the year, mild-mannered high school English teacher Andy Campbell (Day) is trying his best to keep it together amidst senior pranks, a dysfunctional administration and budget cuts that put jobs on the line. But things go from bad to worse when he accidentally crosses his much tougher and deeply feared colleague, Ron Strickland (Ice Cube), who challenges Campbell to an old-fashioned throw down after school. News of the fight spreads like wildfire and ends up becoming the very thing this school, and Campbell, needed.

Fist Fight Reviews:

“Screenwriters Van Robichaux, Evan Susser, and Max Greenfield raise the satirical ante with a nicely jaundiced view of the school, which is underfunded, riven by office politics, and teetering on the brink of anarchy.” Chicago Reader

“Fist Fight isn't there to make you think, but to make you laugh, and it mostly does.” Village Voice

“Vulgar, brutal, surreal and extremely funny.” New York Daily News

“[Day] succeeds, however, at carrying the film, partly through sympathetic wretchedness and partly through sheer energy.” San Diego Reader

“For much of its fast-paced running time, the film … is just amusing enough to make up for its sheer preposterousness; it operates in such a seemingly far-fetched world that logic is out the window at pretty much hello.” Los Angeles Times