If you are looking for intellectual entertainment – this is not the right movie. If you just wanna have fun, it is. At least I had a lot of fun watching “Don`t mess with the Zohan” last weekend.
The comedy is about:
The Zohan (Adam Sandler), the finest counterterrorist agent the Israeli army has. That is, until he fakes his death and travels to Manhattan to live his dream … as a hairdresser. Now this skilled fighting machine who used to clip bad guys is out to prove he can make the cut as a top stylist. All goes silky smooth until his cover is blown when he’s recognized by a Salim, a Palestinian cabdriver with a long–held grudge against the former army commando. After a few misguided attempts at taking out the Zohan, Salim alerts the Phantom that The Zohan is still alive, and soon, the infamous terrorist is winging his way to New York.
For The Zohan, this is a disaster – not because he is afraid of the Phantom, but because he came to America to put the fighting behind him. What he doesn’t expect is that he and the Phantom will have to unite against a common enemy that threatens to tear the neighborhood apart. (…)
A movie about an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian terrorist coming together? It’s not as crazy as it sounds, says director Dennis Dugan. “The people living in conflict in the Middle East are the same people living in one neighborhood in New York – except that while there may be rivalries in Gaza, they don’t hate each other in Brooklyn. Everybody just gets along,” he notes. “They treat each other more as people than as rival factions. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan is a comedic way of sort of getting at the West Side Story aspect of life.”
Don`t miss the trailer!