Warner Bros. has already released twoFist Fight trailers, which were suitable for all ages, but the studio has saved the best for last. Warner Bros. has released an outrageous red band trailer, which doesn’t feature any nudity, but does feature a generous amount of R-rated language from starsIce Cube,Charlie Day,Tracy Morgan,Jillian Belland much more. We also get a better look at how disrespectful the students really are at this school, and how dysfunctional the teachers are.
Ice CubeandCharlie Daystar as high school teachers prepared to solve their differences the hard way. On the last day of the school year, mild-mannered high school English teacher Andy Campbell (Charlie Day) is trying his best to keep it together amidst outrageous senior pranks, a dysfunctional administration and budget cuts that are putting his job on the line just as his wife is expecting their second baby. But things go from bad to worse when Campbell crosses the school’s toughest and most feared teacher, Ron Strickland (Ice Cube), causing Strickland to be fired.
To Campbell’s shock, not to mentionutter terror, Strickland responds by challenging him to a fist fight after school. News of the fight spreads like wildfire as Campbell takes ever more desperate measures to avoid getting the crap beaten out of him. But if he actually shows up and throws down, it may end up being the very thing this school, and Andy Campbell, needed. The supporting cast includesTracy Morgan, in his first movie since nearly dying in a horrific car crash in 2014, along withDean Norris,Jillian Bell,Christina Hendricks,Dennis Haysbert,JoAnna Garcia SwisherandKumail Nanjiani
The trailer debuted onWarner Bros.YouTube, which includes a hilarious reference toIce Cube’s past as a founding member of the iconic rap groupN.W.A.. We’ve seen in previous trailers thatIce Cube’s Ron Strickland gets so fed up with his students that he takes an axe to one of the desks, which leads to the campus police intervening, withCharlie Day’s Andy Campbell asking for them to arrest him. When asked to respond to these charges,Ice Cube’s Ron Strickland simply replies, “F–k the police,” the title ofN.W.A.’s iconic song written byIce CubeandM.C. Ren.
Richie Keendirects from a screenplay byVan Robichaux&Evan Susser(Funny or Die’sWhat’s Going On? With Mike Mitchell), story byVan Robichaux&Evan SusserandMax Greenfield.Fist Fightis produced byShawn Levy,Max Greenfield,John Rickard, andDan Cohen. Serving as executive producers areToby Emmerich,Richard Brener,Samuel J. Brown,Dave Neustadter,Charlie Day,Ice Cube,Marty P. Ewing,Billy Rosenberg, andBruce Berman.Fist Fightwill hit theaters on February 17, going up against Universal’sThe Great WallstarringMatt Damonand 20th Century Fox’sA Cure For Wellness. Take a look at this new red band trailer below, but only if you’re over the age of 18.
