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Balls Up (2026)

★ 5.8 · 186 ratings on TMDB

Their survival takes a big pair.

Balls Up poster★ 5.8

Two marketing executives go "balls out" and pitch a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup. After their drunken celebration in Brazil sparks a global scandal, they must outrun furious fans, criminals, and power-hungry officials to salvage their careers and make it home alive.

DirectorPeter Farrelly
CastBenjamin Bratt, Chelsey Crisp, Daniela Melchior, Eric André, Eva De Dominici, Luciano Szafir
GenresAction, Adventure, Comedy
The emergence reading

Balls Up keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing capitalism, nationalism, friendship, corruption.

zero-distanceUScapitalismnationalismfriendshipcorruption
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