The Hammer

Can a guy edging into middle age become a success fighting guys half his age? That's the big question behind this independent comedy. Jerry Ferro (Adam Carolla) is almost 40 years old, and he's spent most of his life going nowhere -- and taking his own sweet time getting there. While Jerry enjoyed ...more

The Hammer is not unlike last year's Artie Lange's Beer League, a comedy that has a successful stand up comic (who's also a former TV star and a morning radio show co-host) with a love for sports as its star. This is a genre-within-a-genre, and these types of films are vehicles that live and die by the strength of their leading funnyman. In The Hammer, the sardonic, sour, eye-rolling wit of its star, Adam Corolla, takes center stage and quickly asserts itself. Given Corolla's distinct nasal ...more