Read Lauren's Review of TAG.
For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they’ve been playing since the first grade—risking their necks, their jobs and their relationships to take each other down with the battle cry: “You’re It!” This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they’re coming…and he’s ready. Based on a true story, the New Line Cinema comedy “Tag” shows how far some guys will go to be the last man standing.
TAG is in theaters on June 15th, 2018.
To be fair, going into Tag, I assumed I was going to enjoy it – and I was right! With a cast of Jeremy
Renner, Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Hannibal Buress and Jake Johnson, how could it go wrong? Tag was truly
a fun film. The cast looked like they were having fun and in turn, it made the movie fun.
Tag centers around five best friends who get together during the month of May to continue along a 35-
year tradition playing the game of tag. They have rules & regulations and they have stuck to this game
for decades. The best part of the story – Jerry (played by Jeremy Renner) has never been tagged in the
history of the game. And because he’s scheduled his wedding for May 31 st , the gang decides that he’s at
his most susceptible and books flights home to tag him before the month runs out. What ensues is a
hilarious few days before the wedding of the guys trying to find ways to tag Jerry. However, Jerry is
basically a ninja (this is why it’s a fitting role for Renner to revive his Bourne Legacy action skills).
Tag is more than just a funny, slap-stick film – instead it really hits home on the importance of
friendship, and finding something that brings everyone together. As the characters all grew up and
moved on with our lives finding careers and starting families, it was endearing to see the guys find
something every year to bring them back together. I walked out of there wishing that I had a game like
that to start with my friends! To top it all off, I think one of my favorite parts of this movie is that this is
loosely based on a real article from the Wall Street Journal – stay for the credits and you can see footage
of the actual Tag members playing the game!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Lauren (Contributor ) is born and raised in South Jersey. When she isn’t yelling at Philly sports teams on the TV, she enjoys seeing the latest action films and true crime documentaries.
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