02-17-2010, 10:30 AM
Ok, watched it last night. I don't want to oversell it, but it was extremely entertaining. Well made all around and very true to the 70s culture and films in which it is trying to pay homage. Not sure why this never made it to theaters, but probably the hard R rating and difficulty marketing it was one of the main reasons.
It started off kind of slow, much of the humor was corny at first, but then it really picked up and had a ton of hilarious moments. The final fight scene at the White House was excellent. Ridiculous as it may be, it is one of the higher quality spoofs that I've ever watched over the years. All the details, from the language, clothing, music, settings, conspiracies and plot holes, camera style, and off the wall action sequences were done just right. There are even a few animations sprinkled throughout the movie that tied things together nicely. Many might disagree, but this could have been the 3rd part of Tarantino/Rodquguez' Grindhouse, and actually would have fit in just fine as another example of a 70s genre flick.
It isn't perfect, but worth at least one viewing IMO.
3.5/5 stars
It started off kind of slow, much of the humor was corny at first, but then it really picked up and had a ton of hilarious moments. The final fight scene at the White House was excellent. Ridiculous as it may be, it is one of the higher quality spoofs that I've ever watched over the years. All the details, from the language, clothing, music, settings, conspiracies and plot holes, camera style, and off the wall action sequences were done just right. There are even a few animations sprinkled throughout the movie that tied things together nicely. Many might disagree, but this could have been the 3rd part of Tarantino/Rodquguez' Grindhouse, and actually would have fit in just fine as another example of a 70s genre flick.
It isn't perfect, but worth at least one viewing IMO.
3.5/5 stars