Four suburban dads escape their boring lives by fighting aliens with broad, raunchy humor.
Pulpy and darkly comic, with big broad humor. A party watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Hulu.
Moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence, about what an R should carry.
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Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood – and the world – from total extermination.
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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