Info: Opens today in theaters everywhere; rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language and nudity; 113 minutes.

As premises for Adam Sandler movies go, this one has the advantage of being offbeat: A super-heroic Israeli commando gives up battling terrorists so he can pursue his dream of being a New York hairdresser. But any hope for cleverness is out the window after that, as Sandler smugly disco-dances from scene to scene, pronouncing every "h" as if he's producing phlegm, and referencing Zohan's enormous codpiece and sexual prowess with senior citizens. (Anyone ready for a Lainie Kazan nude scene? Anyone?) The script - written by Sandler, Robert Smigel (a k a Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog) and Judd Apatow - has a couple of actually funny gags, but hack director Dennis Dugan ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry") messes up the delivery in service to Sandler's titanic ego. When Sandler's Zohan goes from fighting his archnemesis (played by John Turturro) to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the streets of New York City, the only response is to throw up your hands and shout, "Oy vey!"

Stuck

Info: Opens today at the Broadway Centre Cinemas; rated R for strong violence, disturbing content, sexuality/nudity, language and drug use; 95 minutes.

Director Stuart Gordon, best known for well-turned horror schlock such as "Re-Animator," employs the "Law & Order" tactic - ripping from the headlines but making up everything else - to stunning effect with this drama. Brandi (Mena Suvari) is a nurse's assistant in a convalescence center who, after a night of booze and Ecstasy, hits a homeless man, Thomas (Stephen Rea), and leaves him stuck in her windshield bleeding in her garage. Gordon and screenwriter John Strysik mine dark humor from Brandi's whining self-absorption ("Why are you doing this to me?" she yells at Thomas), as well as a pointed lesson in caring for your fellow man. Meanwhile, Rea and Suvari demonstrate that B-movie exploitation can be elevated by A-level acting.