Then we have Ben Stiller who plays White Goodman. White owns Globo-Gym, a successful gym that is across the gym of Peter. Peter has to get 50.000 dollars in three days, because of his mortgage. If he is unable to get the money, White will foreclose the gym and demolish it to the ground so he can get a parking garage for his gym members. Kate Veatch (Played by Christine Taylor) is the attorney of White. The employees of Average Joe's(Dwight, Owen, Steve, Justin and Gordon) are trying to get the money that is needed for the gym. Gordon has a subscription to Obscure Sports Quarterly. Gordon reads about a dodgeball tournament that takes place in the city of neon-lights, Las Vegas.
The grand prize for the winners is 50.000 dollars. But to get to the tournament in Las Vegas, they have to win their local qualifying match.
This match is against a troop of Girl Scouts. They lose, but the girls are disqualified after one of the members is found positive on a drugs test. White has gotten a cardboard of himself in the gym of Peter, and has placed a camera in the board. He notices that LaFleur is getting a dodgeball team, so White is getting one of his own. White tries to get romantical with the attorney Veatch, but she doesn't want him. White later comes and gets Veatch fired. Infuriated as she is because of White his action, she joins Peter's team. At the tournaments, the Average Joe's get to the final. There they ofcourse face the Globo Gym. The evening before the match, White offers Peter 100.000 dollars to Average Joe's. He accepts it. He doesn't want to get playing because their coach, Patches dies. Lance Armstrong gives him a peptalk when Peter is drinking alcohol. Peter later decides to get back to the team to fight against Globo Gym. After a hard fight, sudden death comes. Peter blindfolds himself and is able to dodge the throw of White, while he hits White with his throw.
Because of this, Average Joe's wins and they get the 50.000 dollars. White says that the victory doesn't mean anything, because Peter singed the contract. Peter then explains that he used the 100 grand to put it on a bet that his team will win. The odds were 50 to 1, so he won 5 million. He buys a interest in Globo-Gym, that is more then 50%. Because Globo has Average Joe's, he gets both. When he told the story he fires White too. Kate(The attorney) confesses that she is bisexual and kisses her girlfriend and Peter. At the end, there is a video about Average Joe's. It is seeable that they started youth dodgeball classes, while White watches it and is seen that he now is obese and is eating too much because of depression.
My verdict: It was an okay film. It had one or two real funny moments, but the rest was a little bit predictial. It's a good movie to watch away. 3 out of 5 stars. 6/10 Side note: I used to play a dodgeball flash game when I was younger. I now know where the team names and logo's come from...
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