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Carolla plays Jerry Ferro, a carpenter who's just turned 40 but whose life still resembles a twentysomethings. In short order he's lost his job and his girlfriend has moved out... which ends up driving Jerry back into the boxing gym, despite being horribly out of shape.
It turns out that Ferro, a former amateur boxer, still has a killer left, and soon The Hammer is proving himself not just in sparring matches but in amateur bouts with guys half his age. While it may be too farfetched to think Ferro will earn a trip to the Olympics, he'll prove himself along the way to scores of doubters, and maybe get his sloppy life back together as well.
Of course, this is all in good fun: The Hammer isn't really trying to teach us anything about latter-day competitiveness or the meaning of spirit. Aside from the occasional nod to Rocky, sports isn't really the focus of the film at all. Instead, Carolla is given free rein to wax and rant about life in Los Angeles (a visit to the La Brea Tar Pits with new gal Lindsay (Heather Juergensen) is perhaps the movie's biggest set piece). The usual scenes of traffic-clogged roads and immigrants selling just about everything on street corners make their expected appearances here, but they're all done well and with a watchable, if not unique, spin.
The film's director, Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, is best known for the Legally Blonde movies, and here he shows he can still pull off comedy (better, in fact) with a clearly paltry budget and no big stars. To be sure, it's the unknowns that steal the show: Ferro's Nicaraguan sidekick and 'trainer' Oswaldo (Oswaldo Castillo), who's sole talent seems to be obliviously repeating what other people say with a thick accent and no trace of irony, is delightful whenever he's on camera.
The DVD includes deleted scenes, a gag reel, commentary track with Carolla and writer Kevin Hench, interviews, and promo material.
