By Jenessa Gonzalez
Staff Writer
A contest comprised on a dance floor is where “Cuban Fury” takes place directed by James Griffith.
Thrown off completely by the title, “Cuban Fury” doesn’t set on the wild streets of Cuba. It actually belongs on the dance floors of London, England. An unlikely heavy-set hero (played by Nick Frost) tries to impress the woman of his dreams (played by Rashida Jones) through taking his salsa dancing talent to a higher competition.
Although the acting was quite impressive for a comedy film, the movie didn’t stand out in its plotline and the script was too much of a failure.
Frost’s character Bruce is a retired salsa dancer who hung up his dancing shoes as a teenager because of a malicious bullying attack on his way to one of his many competitions. Being a grown adult, at age 25 he finds himself in a mediocre job as an industrial engineer.
The beginning was extremely comical as it shows Bruce eating yogurt on a Saturday night showing that his life is extremely boring and monotonous. After showing what Bruce does for fun, the plot begins to change for Bruce.
Bruce’s company hired a new boss, an American woman named Julia (Rashida Jones), who Bruce instantly falls in love with. She starts taking dance lessons and luckily for Bruce, this is his ticket to winning the girl of his dreams.
This unoriginal love story about a man winning a woman is so overplayed, it made the entire movie so predictable. It closely resembles Nacho in “Nacho Libre” (played by Jack Black) winning a lucha match and ending up getting the girl he always dreamt of.
Closely after, Bruce realizes Julia has made a name for herself in the dancing business, so in order to be at par with her he decides to have dance lessons from his old teacher. He also meets a man named Drew (played by Chris O’Dowd) who later sabotages Bruce’s chances of winning Julia.
Again, this particular storyline of two men fighting over a woman is extremely cliche and unoriginal, making the script seem repetitive.
As Bruce deals with the hardship of a rival dancer, he also meets different challenges that are both comical and witty. Although the script intended wittiness from a chubby hero, this particular character is overplayed in many movies making it an average plot.
Besides the overall funny vibe the movie presented, “Cuban Fury” isn’t a movie to be praised because of its repetitive script and predictable story-line.
The movie “Cuban Fury” is rated R and featured in select theaters.
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