Adam Sandler starts off the summer with the upcoming release of his "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" movie.

The motion picture presents all one could expect from a Sandler movie and more. Or less. The plot finds Zohan, an experienced Israeli counter-terrorist fighting for his cause, who decides to leave behind the battles with the Arabs in the Middle East, fake his own death and move to New York in order to pursue his biggest dream of becoming a hairstylist. He finds a job at a local salon and works under the alias Scrappy Coco. He becomes an instant success with the salon’s clients and everything seems to go according to plan until a bunch of local Arabs recognize him and decide to take him out.

The movie is filled with physical humor and sex jokes, while the racial stereotyping is at an all-time high. Some of the jokes simply work and show the potential of what could have been a much better comedy, such as Zohan’s visits to the back room with his 80 year-old clients in order to finish their "haircuts" and his 1987 hair-fashion book but those and others are somehow overpowered by the numerous references to pubic hair and hummus. His love for hummus appears through so many visual jokes and remarks that it makes it hard to concentrate on anything else.

The supporting cast, featuring some of Adam Sandler’s regulars like Henry Winkler, John McEnroe, Rob Schneider, Kevin Nealon and John Turturro, which usually manages to pull off quite a lot of laughs seems a bit dull in this picture, not being able to really bring it on screen. Turturro plays a Palestinian terrorist named The Phantom and Schneider is a Palestinian taxi driver who identifies the former commando and summons his fellow Arabs to take action.

"You Don't Mess With The Zohan," following the tradition of most of Sandler’s movies, also features alongside the main character’s troublesome situation and the ever present penis / fart jokes, a hot female presence, the hero’s love interest, who in the end, of course, ends up in his arms. Entourage’s Emmanuelle Chriqui was chosen for the part, and I have to say, her appearance might make you overlook some of the movie’s unsuccessful joke attempts – but just for a little while.

The movie is co-written by Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow and SNL’s Robert Smigel and directed by Happy Gilmore’s Dennis Dugan.

Even though Sandler’s fans might expect the quality humor to minimize the effects of the over the top vulgar punch lines and situations, unfortunately, it might seem to be the other way around, even though the movie reaches its target to entertain its viewers for two hours, without the need for an afterwards debate focus-group. To better explain it, I should point out that the people who enjoyed or loved Sandler’s Billy Madison, The Wedding Singer and Happy Gilmore and expect the same from this piece, might be in for a bit of a disappointment. For the rest, there is still a good chance of leaving the theater laughing.

Adam Sandler has had a very successful career so far, starting with his 1995 Billy Madison and widening his fan base with movies such as The Waterboy, 50 First Dates, Click, Punch-Drunk Love and Reign Over Me. His next announced project, Bedtime Stories, is a fantasy family comedy and will be released around Christmas this year.