Taco Bell Made the Perfect Trailer for a Fake Movie About Why They've Never Sold Fries

Josh Duhamel fights Big Burger in the thriller Web of Fries

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Ever wonder why Taco Bell doesn’t sell fries? That question sets off Josh Duhamel on a epic quest in the brand’s new faux movie trailer for a thriller called Web of Fries, which looks like the perfect plane movie.

The 90-second spot, from Deutsch, hits every thriller trope with aplomb, and making the big bad a combination of burger chains and ketchup is so obvious, wonderfully stupid and fun. Duhamel expertly sells the concerned man on a mission, complete with a freakout in front of his pinboard of clues.

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