Movie · Comedy · Action

Former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a 42-year-old, apathetic high school teacher. When budget cutbacks threaten to cancel some of the school’s programs and lay off its music teacher (Henry Winkler), Scott creates a scheme to raise money by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter. Everyone thinks Scott is crazy – most of all the school nurse, Bella (Salma Hayek). In his quest, Scott gains something he never expected as he inspires his students and becomes a sensation that rallies the entire school.

2012 · 1h 44m
Director Frank Coraci

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Former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a 42-year-old, apathetic high school teacher. When budget cutbacks threaten to cancel some of the school’s programs and lay off its music teacher (Henry Winkler), Scott creates a scheme to raise money by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter. Everyone thinks Scott is crazy – most of all the school nurse, Bella (Salma Hayek). In his quest, Scott gains something he never expected as he inspires his students and becomes a sensation that rallies the entire school.

COMMON SENSE

Teacher turns MMA fighter in tween-friendly comedy.

TOMATOMETER
Average 5
Reviews 96
Fresh 40
Rotten 56

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Studio
Happy Madison Productions
Released
2012
Run Time
1 hr 44 min
Rated
PG for bouts of MMA sports violence, some rude humor and language.
Region of Origin
United States
© 2012 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, French
Audio

English (AD, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Spain) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hebrew , Hindi , Hungarian , Italian (Italy) , Korean , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai , Ukrainian

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.