A sculpted stud is paid by friends to take their girlfriends out and show them a horrible time, all in an effort to make the boyfriends shine by way of comparison, when the girlfriends realize just how decent their old boyfriends are.
Sounds like something that might work.
But it also sounds like something that would be discovered, sooner or later, right?
Well, in this movie, that is exactly what happens.
Dane Cook plays Tank, the stud who is best friends with Dustin, played by Jason Biggs. Dustin wants to impress Alexis, a coworker that he really wants to be with romantically. She, by contrast, wants to remain free, and does not want to be tied down. She also clearly does not feel the same way about Dustin that Dustin feels about her, and so he knows he needs some help.
So, he recruits the efforts of his best friend, Tank. Tank does this kind of thing regularly, taking out girls and being as obnoxious as possible, so that the girls can appreciate their boyfriends quite a bit more afterwards. He has his routine pretty much down pat, and knows it will work with Alexis.
***Spoiler Alert***
Only it doesn't. Try as he might, she is different, and finds his behavior a turn on. he is exciting to her, the bad boy type, and she is really into that. Tank tries to find ways to repulse her, tries to remain loyal to his best friend. But she is a very attractive woman, and before too long, he finds himself sliding nearer and nearer to temptation. Eventually, he gives in, and he and Alexis get intimate.
Moreover, he finds that he really, really likes her, and enjoys himself when he's with her. He fights this feeling, since it does not come naturally to him. But he cannot so easily dismiss her, as he does the other girls.
This is all kept secret from Dustin for a while. But eventually, he finds out, and when it does, it costs Turk his best friend, as well as his place of residence.
We find him turning to his playboy dad, played by Alec Baldwin, who proves remarkably immature and unhelpful in his own right, and we begin to see where Turk gets it.
In the end, everyone has to confront one another when the movie culminates at a wedding towards the end, and Turk reveals is dirty little secret to everyone, including Alexis!
This movie is meant to be mindless fun> As such, it is. But it's hardly the funniest or most innovative comic movie that I've ever seen, and hardly worth rushing out to go see. Not a bad movie, and I don't feel like I wasted my time, or anything. But it certainly does not rank up there with the greats.
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