History Film / TheHammer

* BrickJoke: "Who hangs a heavy bag with ''toggle bolts?''"

* AngryBlackMan: Robert has some shades of this at first.
--> '''Robert:''' ''I bet you wouldn't give this shot to a 40-year-old black man!''
--> '''Jerry:''' ''Yeah, coach, when is the black man'' finally ''gonna get a fair shake in the fight game?''

-->'''Jerry:''' "Uh, I think you'd lose to ''Barbra Streisand''."

* ProductPlacement: After [[DrowningMySorrows drowning his sorrows]], Jerry's living room is littered with Tecate cans. Tecate is one of the few beer brands that will pay for product placement when characters to excess.

--> '''Jerry:''' ''Yeah, coach, when is the black man finally gonna get a fair shake in the fight game, huh?''

--> '''Jerry:''' ''Yeah, coach, [[SarcasmMode when is the black man finally gonna get a fair shake in the fight game, huh?]]''

* SarcasmMode: Jerry rarely speaks outside of it.

* ReligiousStereotype: Averted by Victor, Jerry's protege who is respectfully depicted as a devout Christian and also a kind-hearted young man. Noteworthy because writer and star AdamCarolla is both libertarian and an Atheist.

-->'''Student:''' "C'mon, man; you think I'd lose to some guy who enters the ring to Music/BarbraStreisand?"

* TrainingMontage: Subverted for laughs - The montage is mostly of Jerry hitting the Snooze button on his alarm clock.

* TheDanza: Oswaldo Sanchez is played by Adam Carolla's real life friend Oswaldo Castillo. The character is basically a fictionalized version of himself.

-->'''Jerry:''' "It's good if your plane goes down in the desert, but not when you can walk to a supermarket. What's the old lady pack for dessert, a pinecone?"

->'''Jerry:''' ''They say you should never let go of your dreams. But if your dream is to be a Mouseketeer, and you're 45, you may want to let that one go. On the other hand, if your dream is to be a Wal-Mart greeter, you can hang on to that baby until like a year after you die. Me? I don't even know what my dream is, but it's all right. I've got time. I won't be turning forty for another--''

->'''Jerry:''' ''They say you should never let go of your dreams. But if your dream is to be a Mouseketeer, and you're 45, you may want to let that one go. On the other hand, if your dream is to be a Wal-Mart greeter, you can hang on to that baby until like a year after you die. Me? I don't even know what my dream is, but it's all right. I've got time. I won't be turning forty for another-''
->''[alarm clock goes off]''
->'''Jerry:''' ''Ugh. I just turned 40...''

--> '''Jerry:''' ''You may not know this, Ozzie, but chicks don't usually dig it when they find out someone just got dumped.''

* NotWhatItLooksLike: What do you do when your gloves are already taped up and you've gotta take a leak? You set up probably the bluest joke in the movie. Ozzie is one ''hell'' of a good friend, man.

The movie sort of came and went in its limited theatrical run, but it's found a small but loyal fanbase thanks to it's abundance of great, snappy dialouge and humor that, highly unusual for an R-rated comedy these days, doesn't rely too heavily on BlackComedy or [[NakedPeopleAreFunny dangling onscreen penises]] to get its laughs.

* ReligiousStereotype: Averted hard by Victor, Jerry's protege who is respectfully depicted as a devout Christian and also a kind-hearted young man. Noteworthy because writer and star AdamCarolla is both libertarian and an Atheist.

* ScaryBlackMan: Amateur boxer Darius Reece was one of the toughest fighters around five years ago. What's he been doing for the last five years? He's been doing five years.

''The Hammer'' is a 2007 comedy written by and starring Adam Carolla. Carolla stars as Jerry Ferro, a very quick-witted DeadpanSnarker who hasn't done one whole hell of a lot with his forty years so far. When he and his buddy Ozzie get themselves fired from their jobs as carpenters, Jerry heads to the gym where he teaches boxing lessons to take out his frustrations in the ring. After Jerry shoots his mouth off and gets into an unwanted sparring match, a wizened old coach named Eddie takes notice of his hard-hitting left hook (which, despite his former trade, is what ''really'' earned him the nickname "The Hammer" during his younger days as a Golden Gloves boxer) and offers him the chance to compete for a shot on the U.S. Olympic Boxing team. All told, it's a pretty good success story in the making.

''The Hammer'' is a 2007 comedy written by and starring Adam Caroll. Carolla stars as Jerry Ferro, a very quick-witted DeadpanSnarker who hasn't done one whole hell of a lot with his forty years so far. When he and his buddy Ozzie get themselves fired from their jobs as carpenters, Jerry heads to the gym where he teaches boxing lessons to take out his frustrations in the ring. After Jerry shoots his mouth off and gets into an unwanted sparring match, a wizened old coach named Eddie takes notice of his hard-hitting left hook (which, despite his former trade, is what ''really'' earned him the nickname "The Hammer" during his younger days as a Golden Gloves boxer) and offers him the chance to compete for a shot on the U.S. Olympic Boxing team. All told, it's a pretty good success story in the making.