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The Promotion was released this year during the summer.The film stars John C. Reilly (Talladega Nights, Step-Brothers) and Seann William Scott (Mr Woodcock, the Dukes of Hazzard). I rented the film once I saw Reilly and Scott was in it together. I thought how can this film go wrong? These two actors are hilarious when given the right script. Well, The Promotion was ok. It seemed to not have a climax. Every story has to have a climax. This film didn’t.

The story line follows Scott who portrays Doug an assistant manager of a supermarket. He desires to become a manager of the new opening of the same store at another location. Then Reilly suddenly gets hired as another assistant manager and desires the same thing as his co-worker. They build a friendship until they realize that one another are applying for the same position. Then they try to sabatoge each other.

The movie went at the same pace throughout and there was absolutely no action. It is great for television but not for theatres. If you are fan of Scott and Reilly then see The Promotion. If you are not a fan I wouldn’t waste my time. The acting was good but the directing lacked keeping the viewers attention. The screenplay should have also been better. It can be rather dull to many which may have been the reason why I didn’t hear about it when it was released.