Bad Johnson

Director: Huck Botko
Year Released: 2014
Rating: 2.0

Serial cheater Rich (Cam Gigandet) finally gets his comeuppance when his penis magically disappears from his body (rendering him a "Ken Doll") and takes the form of a stoner/sex-addict (Nick Thune); meanwhile Rich is in a potentially serious relationship with a charming young lady (Katherine Cunningham) that he cannot consummate. Considering Botko's past provocative short films (graham cracker cream pie, anyone?) and the subject matter it might be a little too easy to dismiss this as lame-brained bro-culture comedy (which it still basically is), but to its credit I think it at least tries to make a point: shameless Rich is basically assaulted by the Universe for accumulating bad karma and mistreating and using people, so when the tables are turned and he's rendered not simply impotent but completely emasculated, he realizes has to change his Conquer-It-All mindset (people aren't objects and their trust is sacred). Thune is choice casting as Rich's Penis - he's a skilled stand-up comedian and he manages to make his scenes and lines more amusing than they were originally written.