Buddy Games(2020)

R
Rated R for strong crude sexual content and language throughout, some graphic nudity, drug use and brief violence
1h 36m
- Comedy

Release Date: Nov 20, 2020 | Limited

A group of friends reunite to play The Buddy Games, a wild assortment of absurd physical and mental challenges. In the process, they'll heal old wounds, right past wrongs and figure out the true meaning of friendship...or die trying.

Releases

Original Release | Nov 20, 2020

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$150,497
Total US & Canada:
$405,904
Total International
$447,994
Total Worldwide:
$853,898

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Director & Top Cast

Josh Duhamel
Director

Dan Bakkedahl
Shelly

Kevin Dillon
Doc

Josh Duhamel
Bobfather

Olivia Munn
Tiffany

James Roday Rodriguez
Zane

Dax Shepard

Durfy

Nick Swardson

Bender

Linda Darlow

Actor

Lucie Guest

Actor

Marion Eisman

Mildred

Duncan Fraser

Mildred

Neal McDonough

Self

Stephen Farrelly

Thursty

Jensen Ackles

Jack Durfy

Janis Hanen

Doris

Melanie Chan

Grace

Donna Benedicto

Faith

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

Every year Bob (Josh Duhamel) and his friends compete in the "Buddy Games," a series of fun and crazy obstacles meant to bring them closer together as friends. Shelly (Dan Bakkedahl) has won the competition six times, most recently defeating Bender (Nick Swardson) in the final round via a paintball competition. During their drunk celebrations, Shelly teabags one of his friends who has passed out. Bender and Nikki (Shelly's wife) joke about shooting Shelly in the scrotum in retaliation for Shelly's drunk and egotistical behavior. It is later revealed that Bender aimed the gun at Shelly but did not actually pull the trigger. Instead, Nikki pulled the trigger, shooting Shelly in the scrotum. Shelly eventually loses both of his testicles (which he keeps secret from his friends) as a result of the accident, but Bender takes the blame to save Shelly's failing marriage and as revenge for Shelly's mistreatment.Five years later, Shelly is suicidal and has been admitted to the hospital. His marriage to Nikki has failed and he is now living with his mother. Shelly's mother calls Bob, now a successful and rich businessman, and orders him to start the Buddy Games again so that Shelly will have something to live for. When Bob suggests to Shelly they compete in the Buddy Games with their friends again, Shelly agrees to participate so long as Bob does not reveal to anyone that he lost both his testicles and that Bender not be invited. Bob agrees to these terms.Bob calls all his friends (except for Bender) who all enthusiastically agree to participate. Bob's girlfriend is less than enthusiastic about Bob participating in the buddy games again, and after a fight she leaves via helicopter. Meanwhile, Bender finds out about the return of the Buddy Games from the other friends and surprises Bob at his mansion. To spare Bender's feelings for not being invited, Bob lies to Bender by telling him that to play in the Buddy Games this year, he will have to pay a ten-thousand-dollar entry fee. Bob also reveals to Bender that Shelly lost both of his testicles in the accident, which shocks Bender. Durfy is an actor looking for his big break. Currently he does bit parts in movies and borrows money from his brother Thursty (Sheamus) to keep him afloat financially.Bob, Shelly and their friends then travel to a secluded cabin in the woods to participate in the Buddy Games but Bender arrives unexpectedly. He announces that he was able to acquire the entry fee for the games by selling all of his late mother's possessions and giving hand-jobs to the homeless. He also reveals to the group that Shelly lost both of his testicles when he offers Shelly vials of his own sperm so that Shelly could have children if he wanted. Bob then reveals to Bender that he was not actually invited and that he had made up the entry fee so that Bender's feelings would not be hurt. Frustrated, Bender goads Bob into offering a cash prize of a 150K dollars ($10K each from the other participants and $100K from Bob himself as he had sold his company for $387 M and is rich) to the winner of the competition by relating how each of the friends, except for Bob, need the money. Shelly then begrudgingly accepts Bender in the competition.The first day of the games includes an eating competition, a race on mini motorcycles, a water slide, a mud crawl competition, and a watermelon smash. Bob wins the first leg of the competition because Shelly misses the finishing line flag which is placed in the air after the water slide. In the next challenge each of the friends drink an entire bottle of laxatives before being tasked with picking up a woman at a bar. Bender wins the competition by tricking and teasing his friends into farting and defecating. In the following competition, the friends smoke a joint and then strap a raw piece of steak to their heads. A Komodo dragon is then released into the room and the friends compete to see who can stay the longest in the room. Shelly wins, seemingly losing his mind, and biting the dragon's tongue as it flicks at him.Bob, Shelly, and Bender all advance to the final stage of the games. The night before the final competition, the friends celebrate by drinking Pina Coladas but unbeknownst to the rest of the group, Shelly has spiked these drinks with Bender's semen. The friends then watch a commercial which Durfy (Dax Shepard) has appeared in but mock it (Durfy is a house husband to a Marine wife, who goes off to fight wars). Frustrated, Durfy wanders in the woods and is attacked by a rabid animal. Bob, Doc (Kevin Dillon) and Zane (James Roday Rodriguez) search for Durfy and upon finding him, convince him that he should continue acting by encouraging him to perform an impromptu scene.Meanwhile, back at the cabin, Bender has fallen asleep and Shelly kidnaps him and duct tapes him to a tree. In the morning, Shelly destroys Bender's van (a gift from his late mother which he has been living in) by crashing it into a tree as revenge for shooting him. Bender then reveals that it was Nikki who shot Shelly. The following day, the three finalists, Bender, Bob, and Shelly don protective gear and hunt each other in a field using bows. Bob's girlfriend, Tiffany (Olivia Munn) arrives to support him, but Bob is immediately eliminated by being shot in the hand. Bender and Shelly then face off and while Shelly is able to get the drop on Bender, Bender catches the arrow mid-flight. Bender and Shelly then fight hand to hand, resulting in Bender winning the competition and the cash prize.Bob's girlfriend then proposes to him stating that he must now be ready to move on from his friends and the Buddy Games, which Bob rejects. Enraged, Tiffany beats Bob, Doc, Zane, and Durfy while berating Bob for choosing his friends instead of her and leading her on for five years. In the credits, Zane reveals that he is gay to Doc and Durfy secures a role on a CW show. Shelly, after avoiding all contact with Bender, is kidnapped by Bender who reveals that he has purchased various scrotum for Shelly with the winnings.

Storyline

Josh Duhamel (Transformers) stars in this wild and hilarious, no-holds-barred comedy. After six lifelong friends have a five year falling out, Bob (Duhamel), aka "The Bobfather", reunites his pals for the Buddy Games, an insane competition of absurd physical and mental challenges with the chance to win a $150,000 pot. Now all bets are off, as the determined dudes fight, claw, and party for the big bucks in this star-studded bro-fest featuring Dax Shepard (CHiPs), Olivia Munn (Office Christmas Party) and Kevin Dillon ("Entourage").