Hot Picks
|
|
|
Reno 911! - Terrorist Training
episode 1.12, 1.13
USA 2003
produced by Robert Ben Garant (executive), Kerri Kenney (executive), Thomas Lennon (executive), Danny DeVito (executive) for Jersey Films/Comedy Central
directed by Michael Patrick Jann
starring Cedric Yarbrough, Niecy Nash, Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Carlos Alazraqui, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kerri Kenney, Oscar Nunez, Cathy Shim, Craig Gellis, Kyle Dunnigan, Adam J. Karp, Toby Huss, Chris Tallman, Cheryl Hines, Heather R.Provost, Vakisha Coleman
written by Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon
TV-series Reno 911!
review by Mike Haberfelner
|
|
|
|
Available on DVD! To buy, click on link(s) below and help keep this site afloat (commissions earned) |
Always make sure of DVD-compatibility!!!
|
|
|
|
|
After the Reno Sheriff department receives an envelope containing some
white powder, Captain Dwayne Hernandez (Oscar Nunez) and officer Suzy Kim
(Cathy Shim) from Homeland Security arrive to give our heroes from Reno
911 a basic training on how to avoid terrorist attacks ... and our heroes
fail every step along the way, but one by one they seem to be falling for
the attractive Homeland Security duo - especially wallflowerish Weigel
(Kerri Kenney) is quick to open up to Captain Dwayne, and suddenly she
starts using makeup and all that sort of stuff. Exam day: Nobody on the
force has studied for the exam of course, but somehow they all pass with
flying colours - thanks to excessive cheating. But once they have passed,
Homeland Security leaves again, leaving our Reno cops (who never believed
in a terrorist attack anyways) to fend for themselves ... and shattered at
that, especially Weigel. But the real rude awakening comes only the next
day when our heroes learn Hernandez and Kim were no Homeland Security
officers at all but con-men (yup, Suzy was actually a man as well), and
they have robbed the police station of most of its valuable equipment ... Now
by and large, Reno 911! is not known for being a show that's
bit on subtle political satire - but this episode somehow nails it, making
perfect fun of the post 9-11 paranoia and the ridiculously heightened
sense of (in-)security of main street USA, to a point where pretty much
EVERYTHING can be interpreted as a terrorist threat - to a point where
those who claim to guard you hurt you the most - as evidenced here. That
all said, the episode is not exactly the most perfect satire ever, too
often it goes for the cheap punchline instead of clever irony - but hey,
basically this is a comedy show, and it's pretty funny at what it is ...
|