Paul Blart: Mall Cop - Released 16th January 2009

I had not heard anything about Paul Blart: Mall Cop until I saw it climb on the US Box Office charts last week. The movie is about Paul Blart, a diabetic, whose aim was to become a state trooper in New Jersey but fails to do so (due to his blood sugar level problems - he often blackout) and has to stick to his old job as a security guard (Blart considers himself as a Security Officer) in a mall. On top of that, he lives with his daughter and mother, who often encourages him to socialise and meet women.

Starring Kevin James as the mall cop, I can say it was averagely an acceptable movie. If you liked Date Movie and Epic Movie, then Mall Cop is for you. Often quality-less, semi-humour, loads of cliches and messy within the script. Mall Cop was written up quite badly, but put in Kevin James, everything is pretty much balanced. Owh, did I tell you that James co-wrote the script? Well he did. The movie paid homage to Die Hard and Rambo II, which made the humour ridiculously great. There was nothing laugh out loud funny. The bits from Die Hard was somewhat interesting though. They did the unexpected good cop shooting the bad guy at the end and the how the bad guy finds out that Paul Blart's daughter is one of his hostages. The Rambo II scene duplicacy was also amusing. Blart hides in a New Jersey Devils hockey set up and then opens his eyes just like the mud wall scene in Rambo II produced a pretty funny set, but only if you kknow your Rambo movies.

The movie also brings back the Segway, which was initially introduced to the public in 2001 and was intended to completely redefine the way we travel within cities. Obviously that was a failed project and 8 years later, the Segway remains outrageously over-priced and not surprisingly absent from the general public. Lame I would say. I wonder how much money did Segway gave the production house.

Mall Cop definitely isn't bad, but I wouldn't put it up there as a top comedy either. Genuine funny moments can be seen from the movie, however, there weren't that many. Even so, the movie is highly tolerable, and doesn't overstay it's welcome, ending at a good time. It will have you laughing all the way through. If you're looking for a feel-good comedy to watch, then this is the one for you. Plus, you will get to see Kevin James, who not only rock in King of Queens but also in comedic big screen as always.

2/5 stars just because Kevin James is in it...