my thoughts on.... 'Postal'

before i start this review, i have to point out something odd.... both Brendan Fletcher (from Uwe Boll's 'Rampge') and Zack Ward (from Uwe Boll's 'Postal') were also both in 'Freddy vs. Jason' as brothers.... not that it's that strange, but i had to point it out.... because i'm a film nerd.

anyway.... i said i was done with my Uwe Boll fest.... but i guess i lied.... for some reason i had a vague interest in seeing this.... and after reading quite a few good reviews, i decided to give it a shot.... besides, i needed a good laugh.... and this delivered some decent humor and sight gags.... the characters were fun and the acting was okay.... for a farce, it was passable.... i never found myself bored with this story.... and since i'm not familiar with the video game, i wasn't ever comparing it with anything else.... i was just basing my opinion on the movie i was watching only....

Zack Ward plays a guy who lives in a trailer park and is at the end of his rope.... he can't find a job.... everybody is getting on his last nerve.... his wife is a monster of a woman who he finds out is cheating on him.... with everyone in town.... basically his life is a joke and he's just realizing it.... so he goes to visit his Uncle Dave, the leader of a cult.... and is asked to go in on a scam to get money for Uncle Dave to pay off the IRS.... at first he's hesitant, but eventually realizes he has nothing to lose.... so the rest is basically the heist and ensuing violence....
this movie has a good cast of people including Uwe Boll himself and the creator of the Postal video game.... and neither is taking themselves too seriously.... there's lots of sexy women, violence and comedy.... there's also full frontal nudity from Dave Foley from 'Kids in the Hall'.... the comedy pushes a lot of buttons and some of it is in really poor taste and other parts are in extremely poor taste.... needless to say it's not for the weak of comedy.... granted, some of it may have been a bit to soon to joke about, but it just shows that they didn't care about who they offended, as long as it moved the plot forward....

once again Uwe Boll gets a passing grade of 3 out of 5 stars.... the movie was entertaining, but not great.... it's probably nothing i would ever add to my collection or that i would really need to see again.... and i don't know that i would brag to my friends that i'd seen this.... however, it was worth the hour and a half in my opinion.... word to the wise, this movie isn't for everyone and if you're a fan of the game it may not be for you.... i can't say for sure, but most of the complaints i read were in regards to the game vs. the movie.... well, that's about it.... and this really does conclude my Uwe Boll fest.... i promise.