Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Genre: Comedy

Language: English

Director: Steve Carr (Daddy Day Care)

Cast: Kevin James (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry), Jayma Mays, Keir O’Donnell, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Rannazzisi, Shirley Knight

Runtime: 92mins

Plot:

Paul Blart is a mild-mannered, dutiful family man who works as a security guard in a New Jersey mall. For years, he has applied to become a cop, but he always fails the physical exam because he is overweight. One day, a gang of organized criminals put the mall under siege and take hostages. Blart becomes trapped inside, and because of his sense of duty, refuses to leave. He thus becomes the police department's eyes on the inside and attempts to stop the criminals on his own.

Watched the movie on 21 March night @ GV Max Vivo with Sylvia.

Very typical heroic comedy, just that the hero is an oversize security officer who is very devoted to become a cop one day. But I was not too convinced with this oversize man being that able though. But no matter how fat you are, when your love ones are in danger, you just have to push your limit to save the day.

The other main character is the "electric-scooter". I hope the sales of this scooter will increase after seeing how it helps the heavy officer to nab all the baddies.

There wasn't much surprises, except for the 2 villain roles. The main attraction was in fact using youngsters tricks such as skate-boards, extreme cycling, stunts to rob the shopping mall. I can't help by wondering if I ever own a shopping mall of mine and I could just use everything in the mall. (Only in my dream)

ah-deng says: 2½ / 5 Another family-get-together-and-watch type of movie.