Rating of
1/4
Amazingly bad
The M.O.W. - wrote on 08/02/08
This has to be one of the worst, most confusing movies I've ever seen.
"Cheech" (Cheech Marin) and "Chong" (Thomas Chong) are back, and are up to their illicit drug-loving antics. This time, "Cheech" is after a beautiful state social worker (Evelyn Guerrero) and sends "Chong" out to entertain his cousin and marijuana grower "Red" (also played by Marin).
"Red" and "Chong" go around town, play jokes on a full massage parlor, takes one of the women who works at the parlor to one of its client's home, a few police encounters and a trip on a UFO.
The scenes are horribly edited together. Some seemed to have advanced the plot, while others appeared to have been added in as an after thought. None of the scenes even stand out from the rest of the film.
Then there is the acting. The majority of the supporting cast appeared to have read the script just before filming the scene and were just not good in their performances. "Cheech" and "Chong" worked well together, but "Chong" and "Red" were a better duo.
When it comes to the jokes, some are worth a chuckle. The other jokes will just leave you shaking your head and wondering why the writer thought the jokes were funny.
When it comes to the sets and locations in this film, it appears that the producer looked for the cheapest locations to save a buck. The sets themselves were real small or pretty cramped, which limited the camera greatly.
There are some surprising cameos in this film, but not one of them are all too funny. One lackluster cameo is by the character created by the actor who performs him. This actor would take this character and make him into a very popular Saturday morning live-action icon many years later. Who is this character? It's Paul Ruebens' famous alter-ego, "Pee-Wee Herman". Ruebens also plays a hotel worker who shows a bit of "Pee-Wee" in him with things that you know "Pee-Wee" would say. The most disappointing part of "Pee-Wee's" appearance is that he is not the fun-loving character that his fans know and love.
The score had some classic rock tunes, but nothing really stands out. We even get to hear some pretty lame tunes from "Cheech" and "Chong" as well.
Chong was in the director's seat in this one and proves that he shouldn't be behind the camera. He didn't do anything to make this movie worth seeing at all -- even on HBO, which is how I saw it.
There was also some bad character development in this film. Many characters were just there to help with the jokes in the scene, and not much else. While others were in more scenes in the film, but they were badly developed and did nothing to help the plot.
If you see this at your local video store or rental place, walk past it. This one is not worth buying or renting.
