If there’s one actor out there with a physique built for the action genre it’s Alan Ritchson. If any work is necessary to serve as evidence, you only need to look at the often brutal Amazon Prime show Reacher in which Ritchson stars as the brick-shit-built former military policeman Jack Reacher.

The violent, no nonsense lane is one that actor has made clear he’s comfortable to stay in, even stating recently that his dream job would be to play Batman.

And his role in his latest flick still confirms that, but manages to prove that he can also do comedy, in this unconventional buddy flick.

Having hooked up with Emily (Sarah Chalke), Brian (Kevin James) has also found himself in another role than hubby, and that’s step-dad, having to look after her young son Lucas (Benjamin Pajak).

But as he hasn’t looked after kids before, he isn’t fully up to the task. This changes somewhat when he’s fired from his job, and Emily suggests he can be a home dad for a while, spending time with Lucas, which he agrees to.

This results in an attempt to bond with him, by taking him to a park and playing ball. Whilst there he meets another father and son team, Jeff (Ritchson), and CJ (Banks Pierce), who is about the same age as Lucas.

Jeff is keen to have Brian and Lucas hang out with them and become best buds, which Brian begrudgingly agrees to.

This swiftly finds both pairs having a playdate at a restaurant/arcade where they can all hang out and have fun. Unfortunately for Brian and Lucas, both Jeff and CJ aren’t exactly who they say they are, which they discover when all four of them are soon hunted down as they go on the run together to save their lives.

The first ten minutes of this film can cause concern, as it presents itself as a rather tired step-father and son comedy.

It goes in a very different direction however, when Ritchson appears on the screen. Very quirky and offbeat nonsense – but enjoyable nonsense.

Even though its plot is high tech shenanigans, the execution is very broad comedy, which it’s fair to say has more hits and misses.

But it’s filmed in such a way that it could be considered a guilty pleasure, but as it feels like it was shot with that intention in mind, there’s no harm indulging in it.

The relationship between Ritchson and James is aptly playful, finding the laughs easy to come. And you can tell Ritchson embraces the lighter side, and clearly enjoys playing goofy-with-guns.

The two youngsters playing the sons do a great job too, as you expect they had to spend most of their times keeping straight faces.

If you go into it with low expectations, it may well catch you by surprise, and make for a surprisingly funny and kooky playdate.