Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

 

I never got to see this in theaters.  Went to the movies when this came out with my now ex-fiancee, and we decided to see Princess Diaries instead. Not a bad choice, I love both movies, just a memory I have about this one.  Everytime I watch this, I remember who Morris Day & The Time are and how much I actually like a couple of thir songs.This was supposed to be the last movie featuring Jay & Silent Bob. That didn’t last for long…lol

PLOT:

Jay and Silent Bob find out that Bluntman and Chronic, the comic book based on their likenesses, has been adapted into a film in production by Miramax Films. Upon learning of the movie, as well as the negative reaction the movie has received so far on the internet, the two set out on a quest to Hollywood, to prevent the movie from being made and tainting their “good name”, or at the very least “get [their] motherfucking movie check” from the royalties due them.

On the way, they befriend an animal liberation group, consisting of four women and one man they picked up for the cause. It is revealed that the organization is a front; the man is a patsy, intended as a diversion by freeing an orangutan from an animal testing laboratory while the girls rob a diamond depository nearby. Jay cons the man into embarrassing himself in order to get closer to Justice the most compassionate of the women and the one with whom he finds himself smitten.

Jay and Bob now must stand in as the patsies. A wildlife field marshal arrives named Marshall Willenholly. Blinded to the diamond heist, Willenholly chases them as they make their way to Hollywood with the orangutan.

While the girls are robbing the diamond depository they accidentally set off the alarm, prompting them to break the glass and steal the diamonds. While this is going on Jay and Silent Bob free the animals only to escape outside and have the police show up and witness the girls’ van blowing up, believing them to be inside of it during the explosion.

Jay then takes the orangutan with him as a memorial to Justice. Quickly afterwards Federal Wildlife Marshall Willenholly shows up at the scene, claiming to have jurisdiction because “somebody let out all these animals”. He is informed that all the animals have been recovered except for an orangutan, which he claims to be “the most dangerous animal known to man”.

Confronting Jay and Silent Bob at a diner and issuing a threat to open fire, Jay and Silent Bob dress the orangutan as a child and walk out, claiming it to be their “love child” and threatening to go back to their liberal-minded city with tales of prejudice and bigotry from Utah. Marshal Willenholly thinks about the political repercussions and lets them go, to the amazement of the sheriff.

Realizing the child to be the orangutan in disguise, the officers quickly chase them into a sewer system, where both Jay and Silent Bob, as well as Marshal Willenholly arrive at a fall off point of a giant dam. The orangutan grabs Jay and Silent Bob and pulls them down. Marshal Willenholly amazed at how far down a fall it is decides to follow them by jumping off, only to realize going down that the orangutan (Suzanne) is hanging on a pipe extruding from the dam while holding Jay and Silent Bob.

Escaping the law, Jay and Silent Bob once again return to their quest to reach Hollywood only to have Suzanne taken by a Hollywood animal acting agency car. Now on a quest to get their ape back and to clear their names, the two once again embark to Hollywood.

Arriving in Hollywood the two find themselves in the background of a news cast (ironically about their kidnapping Suzanne) that Justice is watching. While Justice takes the diamonds and goes to Hollywood to set things right, Marshal Willenholly learns of their mission to reach Hollywood and leaves to find them.

After a long chase with Studio Security and reclaiming Suzanne, Jay and Silent Bob end up in Jason Biggs and James Van Der Beek’s dressing room, where they quickly realize that they’re the actors that will play the roles of Bluntman and Chronic (ironically, Jay asks Jason Biggs “did you get the third base from that Russian chick like in the movie” referring to the character of Nadia in American Pie portrayed by Shannon Elizabeth). Suzanne beats both of them up effortlessly and Jay and Silent Bob assume the roles of their characters, Bluntman and Chronic. Being forced into their costumes and thrown on stage, they must engage in a duel with Cock-Knocker, eventually taking a break from the scene when Willenholly interrupts to capture Jay and Silent Bob. During this final scene, Justice and her former jewel thief team arrive, and a climactic final battle ensues, after which Jay and Silent Bob get their royalties to the film, and Justice turns herself and her former team in to Willenholly in exchange for a shorter sentence and letting Jay and Silent Bob go.

The film ends with Jay and Silent Bob spending their royalty money on finding everybody who expressed negative opinions about the movie and characters, ranging from kids to clergy, and traveling to their town to beat them up, followed by Jay and Silent Bob with most of the cast enjoying a performance from Morris Day and The Time.

REVIEW:

I love all the Viewaskew movies. This is like #2, 3, or 4 in terms of my fave. There’s nothing negative in it for me, but of course, I guess I should give an unbiased review.

Well, if you’re easily offended by language, stoners, and dick and fart jokes, then there’s no reason for you to even watch this. It will offend you in some way, but for the rest of us, we can enjoy it.

Gotta love the Star Wars-esque fight near the end with Mark Hamil. As a Star Wars geek, I can truly appreciate the poetry there, even Jay’s nod to Darth Maul and Cock-Knocker getting his hand chopped off (a la Luke Skywalker).

Look for Daredevil in Hollywood. Kevin Smith wrote for the comic during this time.

Will Ferrel and the jewel thieves add a little extra bit of taste to this buffet of fun and comedic genius.

As with just about every Kevin Smith movie you an expect to see Ben Affleck, New Jersey, and Jason Lee. Affleck and Lee reprise their characters from previous Smith movies (with Affleck even playing himself alongside Matt Damon).

This is another one of those movies that was meant for real people to enjoy, not those stuffy people that sit in a room and decide what they think is good and deserving of an award or not. That being said, this is some of Smith’s best work. not on the level of Clerks or Dogma, but still pretty good.

I highly recommend this if you just want to laugh, but you’ve been warned if you’re easily offended.

5 out of 5 stars