Taglines: After school. Parking lot. It’s on.
Fist Fight is in the tone of ’80s cult hit Three O’Clock High but a grown-up version: Day plays a mild-mannered English teacher who is put to the test when a colleague (Ice Cube) who thinks he is trying to get him fired challenges him to a fist fight after school.
On the last day of school, right on Senior Prank Day in Roosevelt High, things don’t look good for meek English teacher Andy Campbell, who feels exceptionally expendable facing a bleak future in front of severe job cuts, just before the year’s new school season. But soon, things will go from bad to worse when feeble Campbell will infuriate the scary hot-headed history teacher Ron Strickland, who in turn, he will challenge him in an old-school, no-holds-barred, mano-a-mano throwdown in front of everybody, in the parking lot after school. Inevitably, now that the fight is on, no excuses, no regrets, and certainly no talking sense into Strickland, is going to save Campbell who needs to face the consequences of his actions and pay the heavy price. After all, snitches get stitches.
Fist Fight is an American comedy film directed by Richie Keen and written by Van Robichaux and Evan Susser. The film stars Christina Hendricks, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Ice Cube, Charlie Day, Dean Norris, Jillian Bell, Tracy Morgan, Alexa Nisenson and Stephnie Weir. Principal photography on the film began on September 28, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia, which ended on November 23, 2015.
Fist Fight (2017)
Directed by: Richie Keen
Starring: Christina Hendricks, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Ice Cube, Charlie Day, Dean Norris, Jillian Bell, Tracy Morgan, Alexa Nisenson, Stephnie Weir
Screenplay by: Van Robichaux, Evan Susser
Production Design by: Chris Cornwell
Cinematography by: Eric Alan Edwards
Film Editing by: Matthew Freund
Costume Design by: Denise Wingate
Set Decoration by: Amy McGary, Brook Shafer
Music by: Dominic Lewis
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: February 17, 2017
