7 Days in Hell (2015)

7 Days in Hell is a pitch-perfect mockumentary that takes the solemn, mythmaking tone of sports documentaries and gleefully spikes it into the ground, delivering joke after joke with the straight-faced confidence of a “true story” that’s clearly gone feral. Andy Samberg and Kit Harington commit completely—one as a tabloid-chaos American “bad boy,” the other as a prim British prodigy—while Jon Hamm’s narration sells every absurd escalation with documentary gravity, making the insanity even funnier. The vibe is fast, profane, and deliriously ridiculous, the kind of comedy that rewards you for surrendering to how far it’s willing to push the bit. It’s not for anyone allergic to TV-MA vulgarity or crude sexual/drug humor, but if you like your satire sharp and your runtime mercifully tight, this is a grand slam of nonsense.

7 Days in Hell is trying to be a deadpan sports documentary that keeps upping the absurdity until the whole “legendary match” becomes a ridiculous fever dream, and when it lands, it’s genuinely funny thanks to committed performances and a solid mockumentary tone. The problem is the comedy often leans on shock-value sex/drugs/gross-out beats, and the pacing can feel oddly padded for something this short, like it’s stretching a single joke across too many volleys. The tone also wobbles between “realistic sports satire” and “anything goes” nonsense, so if you need consistency or clever escalation, you may find it sloppy rather than sharp. If you like Andy Samberg-style chaos and can tolerate TV-MA crudity for a few big laughs, it’s a quick hit; if that humor style wears thin fast, this will feel longer than it is.