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Cubicle Warriors (2013)
light, fun film
Bank$tas takes a modern topical story - student loans and the banking crisis - and sets it in the era of those 80's and 90's goofy buddy comedies. The era where you stayed up late sitting in your parent's basement with your friends, eating popcorn and just watching a movie. And it does a pretty good job hearkening back to those times. The movie is about two childhood buddies, Neal and Isaac, who are graduating business school. They're about to jump into the terrifying prospect of finding a job but luckily, they've got a plan: to get into the most prestigious financial firm in the city and impress financial guru and firm owner, Peter Hoss (played by everyone's favorite, Alan Thicke). Although, it doesn't go exactly as planned, Neal and Isaac soon find themselves interning at Hoss & Associates where they are tormented and run ragged by Peter Hoss' lecherous, egotistical son, "Pistol" Pete Jr., played hilariously by Brandon Firla. Of course, the guys uncover the real reason Hoss has hired them – to make them patsies for a bum student loan take-over deal. Hijinks ensue as the boys, along with their respective love interests, lawyer Jessica (Laura Vandervoort) and quasi-dominatrix Diane (Grace Lynn Chung) have to find a way to turn the tables on Hoss.
I thought this movie had some genuinely funny moments and some hilarious lines. It's pretty impressively done for an independent comedy. And as with most comedies of this genre, sure, it's predictable but is that a bad thing? It's the journey to get there that's all the fun anyway.