Former heavyweight boxer Cleon 'Slammin' Salmon (Michael Clarke Duncan) owns the Slammin' Salmon restaurant in Miami. He owes money to the Yakuza and sets up a competition among the wait staff. The top waiter gets various prizes and the lowest performer gets a beat down. The Broken Lizard crew plays the staff at the restaurant.

The movie opens with Rich (Kevin Heffernan) being berated and belittled. It feels wrong and unfunny. It jumps a year later and Rich turns into a different guy. It's probably better to forget about the opening and jump into a day in the restaurant. I'm sure Broken Lizard fans will defend this to the death. I can't quite say the same for me. The jokes don't seem so funny. Cobie Smulders doesn't get anything funny although April Bowlby is trying her best with a burnt face. There are some nice supporting comedic actors but they don't get anything funny. MCD is probably doing the funniest character. The rest of the cast should try to match him. This could have been much more wackier.

A team of waiters is forced to raise $20,000 in one night... and the one who gets the biggest bill will receive $10,000 as a bonus (the loser gets a punch in the ribs). As you might expect, the humor increases as they try to one-up each other! First, I have to give a shout-out to the character Tara (Cobie Smulders). By far the best character in the film -- believable, likable, and just plain wholesome. I hope to see Smulders in a lot more films soon, as she is easily a top-bill-worthy player.

I think this is the best Broken Lizard film since "Super Troopers". With "Club Dread" being a flop and "Beer Fest" being hit and miss (still a good film),this one is pretty consistent. Sure, they recycled the twin joke, and some of the ending parts are predictable... but if you've ever worked in a kitchen, you should appreciate this one. (I've seen others say "Waiting" is better. I strongly disagree.)

Brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon, now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most money in one night.

The winner stands to gain $10,000, while the loser will endure a beating at the hands of the champ.

The concept of the film is pretty funny, The titular character loses a bet and he owes 20,000 yen, or something there about, so the staff on shift enter a pseudo competition. If they get the biggest tab, they win.

If the audience were to be let in on the punchline a little earlier, this could have been an amusing film, but instead, we get an endless array of sketches involving the odd staff, and the abhorrent patrons whom frequent the restaurant.

There must have been some pretty hard cuts in the film, because we are never explained as to why Heffernan became the manager, or what happened to him after he fell down the stairs. Nope, we get the old 'One Year later' text as to avoid Basil Exposition.

And this is basically the film. We have a new guy whom gets progressively drunk as the film goes on (highly recommended),a sub plot involving an ingestion of a diamond ring and laxatives, and an old romance trying to be rekindled between two of the staff.

Oh, and lets not forget the compulsory oddball who forgets to take his meds on time. I've never known a drug that would wear off literally minutes after forgetting to take it.

It's a pretty poor effort from Broken Lizard, Beerfest and Club dread were no classics, but at least they raised a smile or two.

But it's worth watching for Michael Clarke Duncan, who puts in a wonderful performance, the only funny thing about the film.