"Squad Up"

29 May 2024

5 mins

Star treatment.

Why is this 'Squad Busters' commercial five minutes long? Because developers Supercell want value for money, that’s why! Chris Hemsworth, Christina Ricci, Ken Jeong, Auli'i Cravalho, and Will Arnett are involved, so squad goals become stretch goals, you might say.

In this live-action caper, Chicken (Jeong), Shelly (Cravalho), Barbarian (Hemsworth), Witch (Ricci), and Greg (Arnett) surprise a player in bed and demand he gets his ass in gear. Whether he likes it or not, the five are here to make life more fun—at work, in the car, or on the toilet.

As the man starts to warm to his band of warriors , another 'Squad Busters' player arrives on the scene, though his Chicken, Shelly, Witch, and Greg are played by influencers. Dolph Lundgren, for it is he, plays Barbarian #2 in a cute nod to 'Masters of the Universe'.

The result, for the most part, is five minutes well spent. The fight between rival squads outstays its welcome, but the same cannot be said for Ricci's bellicose witch or Arnett's foul-mouthed lumberjack. There's a lot of money in mobile games, and a lot of it has been spent here!

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