Paul Blart: Mall Cop Movie
Review - Plot
The movie
opens at the New Jersey State Police Academy in the autumn of 2008. Paul Blart
(Kevin James), a single father, tries out to be a cop. He does surprisingly well
on the obstacle course despite his size, but passes out due to hypoglycemia, and
fails the course.He lives with his mother and daughter, who tries to find him a
girlfriend on a dating website, as his wife had previously left him, and he had
been feeling lonely ever since. He tries to make ends meet as a security officer
at West Orange Pavilion Mall.
He takes the job very seriously, but receives no respect from the patrons.
The next day, Blart is introduced to a new trainee named Veck Sims. Blart takes
him on a tour of the mall, teaching him the basics. While patrolling the mall,
Blart sees - and falls for - a kiosk owner, Amy. After a few attempts to muster
up courage, Blart tries to talk to Amy, but awkwardly asks for hair products
instead. Upon their second "meeting", Blart offers to give Amy a ride to her car
on his Segway, and they agree to meet later in a bar where the mall staff are
regular patrons. Unfortunately, Blart accidentally gets drunk, and humiliates
himself in front of everybody present. Thinking he has ruined his chances with
Amy, Blart returns home in low spirits. Later, Blart's co-worker offers him his
daughter's phone so Blart could call Amy.
On Black Friday, a group of robbers disguised as Santa's helpers "seize the
mall" while Blart is inside the arcade playing Rock Band. While in the arcade, a
foreign teen named Pahud calls the cell phone looking for the co-worker's
daughter. Pahud believes Blart is her lover but he explains that he is only
borrowing the phone and gives the boy positive advice (basically to just relax
about this girl). Pahud begins to admire Blart and they become quick friends.
The robbers chase most of the shoppers and staff outside. However, some of the
mall staff, including Amy, are taken hostage inside the mall's bank. Veck
reveals himself to be the ringleader, and intends to steal thirty million
dollars from the mall by obtaining the codes to the mall's credit card
machines.
The West Orange Police, led by Sgt. Howard, surround the mall, but are unsure
of the actual conditions inside. Meanwhile, Blart realizes that the mall has
been taken over, and he makes contact with Sgt. Howard. However, the moment he
finds out Amy is among the hostages, Blart resolves to take the matter in his
own hands. He begins incapacitating the robbers one-by-one, and recording the
stolen credit card codes.
Outside, SWAT Commander Kent arrives to take control over the operation, and
he ultimately dismisses Blart's actions; Also he has known Blart as Kent has
been cruel to him since in high school. He shows that he is much more willing
than Sgt. Howard to raid the mall, regardless of the hostages' safety. While
Blart is busy fighting the robbers, his daughter, Maya, arrives at the mall to
deliver his dinner, but she is quickly taken hostage by Veck. She then meets
Amy, and tells her how Blart really feels about her.
Fortunately, Sgt. Howard had followed them, and quickly arrests Commander
Kent after Blart's boss, Chief Brooks shoots the gun out of Kent's hand. Blart
and Amy are re-united and Blart admits his feelings for her and she kisses him.
Howard offers to let Blart become a full-fledged police officer. Blart
steadfastly refuses, saying that his place is helping people in his mall. During
the end credits, bonus scenes show Blart and Amy getting married in the mall
with all of their co-workers and friends there, including Pahud.
