Super Troopers (2001)
Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar
Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory.
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Instead, insert Brian Cox, and let him revise his dedicated but frequently agitated Captain O’Hagan from “Super Troopers” (2001), as Stalker’s mentor.
The vibe they’re going for here is “Super Troopers”- a bunch of idiot policemen goofing off, in ways that are never violent and mostly harmless.
With an approach that feels a bit like if David Lynch made Super Troopers (a prospect that I personally would love to see), Cummings has crafted something very special with The Wolf of Snow Hollow that stands out as a truly exemplary genre-bending comedy that’s even better the second time around.
Any old fool can make a top cop action spoof--just look at those dunderheads behind "Super Troopers" and "Reno 911!"--but it takes real talent to make a good one.
For example, even though I haven’t recommended any Broken Lizard movie (Super Troopers, Beerfest), I’ll still line up to see their next one, even if it’s Dukes of Hazzard.
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They're both very enjoyable, but their frequently OTT scenes disrupt the otherwise believable emotional reality of the film, and they don't do much with the idea of 'irresponsible cops' that hasn't been done before in less effective comedies like Broken Lizard's Super Troopers.
And with Superbad, Rogen continues to show off his writing skills, delivering one of the most viciously funny movies since Super Troopers.
One of them is the guy who ate all that weed in Super Troopers.
What happens instead is a lot of Super Troopers -grade stoner gags tied together by a performance from Franco that has the misfortune of being familiar and human in the middle of a lot of low-aspiring blarney.
The script is far more conventional than its indie pop soundtrack (DeVotchKa and Sufjan Stevens provide the highlights) would have you believe, right down to unfortunate blips on the narrative radar involving porn magazines and state troopers that could have come straight from Super Troopers and a moment of sibling bonding that's all but gift wrapped.