reviewed by Brian "The Naked Gun" Felts
& Benn "Where's the Humanity?" Farrell
The story goes that the Duke family Bo, Luke, Daisy, and Uncle Jessie (played by Sean William Scott (American
Pie), Johnny Knoxville (Lords of Dogtown), Jessica Simpson (TV, Singer), and Willie Nelson (The Big Bounce)),
have the family ranch taken from them by Boss Hogg, played by Burt Reynolds (The Longest Yard) because he discovered
a vast underground coal deposit in Hazzard County Georgia. He devises a plan to take away the farms from of the people
in the county and turn it into a large strip mine and the Dukes are out to stop him.
If you like car chase movies then this is your movie. There are numerous chases involving the
Dukes and various law enforcement types doing things that would destroy the car they would be
driving and kill everyone, except this is Hollywood and the Dukes of Hazzard so everything comes
out ok. The stunt scenes in Atlanta were well done and what I would expect for this movie. Overall, the
chases are fun and don't hurt the film.
Neither does Jessica Simpson's body. But her acting reminded me a little bit of Arnold Schwarzenegger's first
couple of movie's especially Conan The Barbarian. I think he has 15 lines in the whole movie. So does Jessica
in this one, which is a good thing because the more she talked the less appealing she was, so good call by the
director. Where did all of the really hot, intelligent woman go? I mean it seems to be Sarah Michelle Geller
and that's it. Oh Well.
Scott and Knoxville were given lots of decent one liners that were the base of the movie, which my
friend Reed would say that is the lowest common denominator, or d*ck and fart jokes. In fact there
was one character I don't remember from the TV show named Sheev, played by Kevin Heffernen (Super
Troopers), which was there just to get the audience to be grossed out by his fat slovenly behavior.
Red neck humor living large in this movie both literally and figuratively, it got old after a while.
I knew after the first line that Reynolds had, he was phoning his performance of Boss Hogg from his
home in California, over-acting a plenty. Willie Nelson did a fine job being himself but with the
name Jessie instead of Willie, we love typecasting, but I love the old Uncle Jesse from the TV show,
the late Denver Pyle, he had a certain charm that Willie will never have, and Willie still comes
of looking dirty too me.
Jay Chandrasekhar directed this film and is his first big Hollywood movie as a director. He also
has directed Club Dread and Super Troopers, two movies I have had no desire to see, but I am guessing
the humor is a lot worse on the D and F scale then in the Dukes because of the producers wanting to
see to a wide audience. Hopefully he will crawl back into his hole that he cam from.
When I was eight years old the TV show debuted and I was a fan. However, as I got older, even one
year older, I slowly got tired of it. Eventually I stopped watching and that was before the Duke
actors switched for a year. I guess I grew out of the TV show at a young age, therefore I am not
a big fan of the movie, except for Jessica Simpson. Yet, I could not believe how many people came
to this movie. The theater was packed and few were dressing like the Dukes, including a few girls
where their Daisy Dukes which was good, but a few others looked like Cooter, which was bad. One
person even looked like Willie Nelson, but I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman. That was
scary and so was this movie, which goes into the wait until it comes out on DVD category and
that's just because I am hoping there will be extra's with Jessica Simpson in a bikini for twenty
minutes, titled "Here is what you really wanted to see." Here is hoping.
Brian - the Naked Gun The only thing good about this movie were the outtakes during the end credits. There were a couple of scenes I
found amusing, but in general, I thought this movie was as stupid as any given episode of the original TV show. The producers of this fine film are trying all sorts of media stunts to promote how "racey" this picture is, especially
with Jessica Simpson running around with most of her b**bs hanging out. However, all of it is JUST TALK. It's not racey.
It's not anything but worthless. When I was a kid, I used to love running to the TV to catch an episode of "The Dukes of Hazzard." I couldn't get enough
of that show. Me and a friend would even spend play time jumping over the hood's of the disabled vehicles in our front
yard back in Rhode Island, pretending they were the General Lee. However, I got older and the show went off the air. I saw an episode recently, about two months ago, on syndicated cable
TV, and I had a startling discovery. "The Dukes of Hazzard" TV show was f**king STUPID!!! I honestly couldn't see what
I or anyone else who grew up north of Georgia and neighboring states saw in that show. This is the case with the movie. I've heard criticism that this movie doesn't capture the heart of the original show. I think it does; the movie is
also f**king stupid, so I think it captured the original show just fine. I don't know who wrote this bile, who directed it, and I don't care. So, let's talk about the actors for a while.
Seann William Scott is funny in anything he does. This is a kid who knows how to deliver a funny line and has a lot of natural
ability of not overplaying his part, a lot of control. Johnny Knoxville on the other hand is his polar opposite. Knoxville cannot deliver a well written line of comedy to save his life. EVERY funny line this sorry excuse for a
comedic actor had, he f**king blew it. He gave too much, like he KNEW it was funny so he wanted to give each of those
lines an extra "umph." Knoxville does have a good talent for getting laughs with his unspoken repsonses and facial
expressions. Knoxville's performance in this movie very much reminds me of Dax Sherpard in "Without a Paddle," who
also blew every funny line he had in that movie. I say keep Knoxville away from BIG roles, especially in comedy. Just
keep giving him little "character" roles like in "The Lords of Dogtown" and "Men in Black 2." The best thing I can say about Jessica Simpsons' acting in this movie is at least they only gave her five lines. The
rest of her role was showing cleavage and throwing her a** around. She sucks, and any thoughts she has of becoming
a serious actress or even a comedic actress should be squashed. Will someone tell this little girl she can't act for
s**t and should stick with singing. She's killing me. And tell Paris Hilton the same thing while you're at it. The only scene that really amused me was when the Duke boys went to Atlanta and fell into some social predicaments
driving around with the Rebel flag painted on their roof. That predicament was good for a giggle. I have no clue if people who liked the show will like this movie. I hate both, so all I can say is save your money
and spend it on a stripper if you want to pay to see some T-and-A. Benn - Where's the Humanity?
Another title for this movie could be, "See Jessica Simpson on the big screen in a Bikini." Is
Jessica Simpson really hot? Yes. Would I like to see more of her in this film? Yes. Is this
movie good? No. Would it have been worse without here? Surprisingly, Yes. OK, look, the only
reason to see this movie is because she struts around for a total of about five minutes on screen in
nothing but a bikini, unless of course you like the old TV show then you will probably like this movie
too.