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72 Hours on Netflix is undoubtedly just the dose of comedy any weekend calls for, starring Kevin Hart as a 40-year-old ad executive, Joe Nixon, who may have a decade of experience, an impressive resume, and a full-blown Adweek profile to boast about, but not the promotion of his dreams he has set his sights on.

While his professional life seems sorted, his personal life doesn’t appear too dull from the outside. When viewers meet him, Joe has just moved in with his beautiful girlfriend Jen and is waiting on a new vodka campaign that could finally get him the promotion. However, it turns out that his perspective is simply not on par with the current generation of consumers, which is why his boss requires him to either gain one for the sake of the sales or lose the job, and with it, the promotion.

Lucky for Joe, earlier that morning, he got accidentally added to a group of twentysomethings planning their bachelor party in Miami. Although he was originally planning to ignore it, the ultimatum pushes him to join it eventually.

Meanwhile, back home, Jen feels their relationship has long been stagnant. But what worsens her insecurities is the false impression of a proposal from Joe that culminates with the discovery that he’s going on a weekend trip with complete strangers. Needless to say, the burning question is: with everything seemingly crumbling for Joe, does he actually get the promotion he has been vying for?

Does Joe get promoted in 72 Hours?

Joe’s entire plan to spend a weekend in Miami with four strangers – Mason, Nick, Hunter and Freshman – hinges on the agenda of ensuring his promotion. So, even though the group thinks Joe may not show up, when he does arrive, they are nothing but warm and welcoming in 72 Hours. However, they do find it awkward that Joe has carried his own vodka and insists on making videos of them drinking it, as would anybody else.

As a result, the group ultimately decides to keep their phones away for the rest of the trip, oblivious to the fact that Joe has a pair of glasses and a chain with cameras on them. Although Joe captures several pieces of raw footage, things spiral out of control when narcotics enter the scene, activating his alter ego, Ricardo Montana. As the protagonist loses his sense of original self, the alter ego that he adopts comes across as somewhat invincible.

But the truth is: he is not, which inevitably lands the group in great trouble with the boat owner Jaze, who happens to be the son of a drug dealer and the owner of the place Joe and co rented. As they try to escape the situation with jet skis, what they don’t realise is that they’re fleeing with millions of dollars’ worth of drugs stashed inside. What follows next is a high-stakes cat-and-mouse chase followed by Joe’s fallout with the gang, culminating in a chaotic confrontation with the drug lord that ends well for almost all.

As for his promotion? Well, he may have begun the trip with promotion on his mind, but he doesn’t end it with that. Surely, Nick makes a perfect ad for him after Joe fails. However, despite knowing the promotion is confirmed, he decides to start his own ad company, something he always wanted to do but lacked the confidence for. So, he decides to stand his boss up and runs over to Jen, confessing his love in a grand gesture.