The movie takes the classic Die Hard premise and parodies it, and then parodies that parody with ridiculousness and absurdity that works perfectly to ensure the most laughs possible.
By Sean David Hartman
Imagine if the stoner dudes from Workaholics were in a Die Hard scenario? Game Over, Man is ten times better than what you are imagining.
Dead celebrities, exploding dogs, vain Arab playboys giving rimjobs to hairy dudes—the level of raunchy, disgusting, and downright disturbing blue humor seems to outdo itself at every turn, where just as you are done laughing and gagging at one scene, another scene repeats the process.
Game Over, Man! tells the tale of three slacker hotel employees who are trying to build a full-body video game suit. When the illustrious and spend-heavy Bey of Tripoli—based on a former historical prince in the Ottoman Empire—is visiting the hotel, the slackers decide to pitch the idea. The pitch goes awry when the hotel becomes the subject of a terrorist hijacking, all for millions of dollars and a helicopter.
The movie takes the classic Die Hard premise and parodies it, and then parodies that parody with ridiculousness and absurdity that works perfectly to ensure the most laughs possible.
The movie is violent and bloody, with multiple pointless death and carnage, including the death of ‘90s celebrities, heads exploding, penis removal, and pillow robots with cinderblock hands bashing people’s heads in. The amount of blood is reminiscent of a Tarantino movie, but with raunchy sexual undertones.
The boys are single-handedly tasked with saving the hotel, doing it with over-the-top plans combined with sheer dumb luck, wading through the rambunctious hilarity and flamboyant deaths.
The film also plays a game very much like O. Henry, with unexpected twists and turns like you are watching a M. Night Shyamalan film. Characters thought dead return last minute, characters who you wouldn’t think would be ballsy enough to kill… end up getting taken out in gruesome and dramatic ways, and plans that should fail… go perfectly.
Netflix is usually pish posh when it comes to their movies. But with the Workaholics boys teaming up with a new twist on an old cinematic trope, you can expect craziness, twists, and hilarity galore.
Sean David Hartman is a reporter for the Central Florida Post, covering both politics and entertainment issues. He is a political operative who describes himself as a “bleeding-heart libertarian”. Hartman is autistic and bipolar and supports the neurodiversity movement and protecting the constitutional rights of those with mental health conditions.
