Superfast!

(2015) ½

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Alex Ashbaugh as undercover cop Lucas White, joining an LA gang of street racers run by Vin Serento (Dale Pavinski, who’s at best a skinny Diesel). They plan to rob crime boss Omar Chaparro, who stashes his cash at a Taco Bell. Hold the melted cheese. Feeble-minded spoof merchants Aaron Seltzer& Jason Friedberg pull another fast one with an inept dig at the Fast & Furious franchise.

Scary Movie perpetrators Friedberg and Seltzer have a string of previous convictions: Date Movie, Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Meet the Spartans, Vampires Suck, The Starving Games… The superstupid Superfast! effortlessly lives down to their skidmark track record: moronic parodies with a contempt for comedy, bits of schtick completely devoid of actual jokes.

“If we’re going to pull off this heist,” says skinny Vin, “we’re gonna need a bigger crew – a black guy, an Asian guy, and a beautiful model making her acting debut.” Ashbaugh’s Paul Walker dude is gobsmacked by the sudden appearance of ‘rapper dude’ Rogello Douglas Jr, ‘cool Asian dude’ Chris Pang and mannequin Chanel Celaya: “How do you do that? You describe them and then instantly they’re here.”

The Friedberg/Seltzer school of comedy in a nutshell: crime kingpin Chaparro tells his goons to put the money in the strongest vault there is. Cut to a huge crate marked The Strongest Vault There Is. Baby oil is inherently hilarious to these guys, too.

Certificate: 12

Duration: 99min

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