Okay

Rating: 6/10 (21 August 2019)

"Here Comes the Boom" isn't as bad as it might have been, and it's too good-natured, and not aggressively stupid enough to hate.
I expected to probably be appalled by its lame jokes and turn it off mid way, but I didn't. It actually has a couple of laughs. The real stand-out is Bas Rutten, the legendary mixed martial artist, who here plays the main character's trainer and is the funniest thing in the movie. He's definitely funnier than Kevin James, making you wonder why that guy really has a career.
I didn't really believe the set-up. James wants to raise money to stop his school's music program from shutting down, despite not being a music teacher. Henry Winkler is the school's music teacher. James says he's his hero, which doesn't really ring true.
The fights were a bit more realistic and bloody than I was expecting. It was disappointing we didn't see more of Bas Rutten's instruction.
This was a pretty average comedy. Not as bad as I expected, but not much better either. Pretty forgettable.