Back in the 1980s, Prospero (Lloyd Kaufman), a scientific genius, has been deeply humiliated by Big Al (Abraham Sparrow), so much so that it ended his career and he had to hide out in Tromaville, New Jersey) - and since then he has plotted his revenge - and now that Big Al and his entourage are taking a cruise to North Korea, he feeds the whales on the journey so much laxative that they make the ship run aground at the Jersey Shore, and Big Al and company follow the lure of Tempest, the most awesome of drugs developed by Prospero especially for them, to Tromaville's hottest club - which just happens to be owned and controlled by Prospero. Among Big Al's entourage are his sister Antoinette (also Lloyd Kaufman) and her confidant Sebastian (Debbie Rochon), who want to have revenge on Big Al for a whole different reason. Meanwhile, Prospero's blind daughter Miranda (Kate McGarrigle) falls in love with Ferdinand (Erin Patrick Miller) - much to the dismay of her father of course, but then again he shags her well enough to restore her eyesight. Outside of Prospero's club meanwhile, the political correctness brigade of snowflakes led by Trini (Dylan Greenberg) and Steph (Zoe Geltman) has assembled to let everyone know they're offended by something or other ... and they can't be killed by anything - but gaining "perspective". And when Prospero's Tempest takes effect turning its users into penisses of one sort or another, everything's set for utter disaster ...

Now of course, any serious Shakespeare afficionado will see this film as a slap in the face, and the film actually totally addresses that by having a break about halfway through with some theatre critics discussing this issue in Shakespeare's (Frazer Brown) presence - but not only this (of course utterly unreliable) movie, but also anecdotes suggest that the barde didn't take himself nearly as seriously as posterity did. Now that out of the way, this movie after all the feces, vomit, penises and dicks removed doesn't do its source material too much injustice - and I'm not saying that's a faithful adaptation here, but at least the writers knew their way about all things Shakespeare. But that said, this is of course first and foremost not a Shakespeare adaptation but a Troma movie, and being that one ought to be prepared for what to expect, loud humour, gross-out effects, an in-your-face attack of bad taste - but the best of the studio's movies also carried busloads of social satire, and this most certainly is one of them, being not only politically incorrect in a comical way but also making good fun and some valid points about the knights of policital correctness. That all said, this is of course a Troma film, so looking for things real subtle in it is an utter waste of time, but it's certainly among Lloyd Kaufman's better ones, and a pretty great party movie with an receptive crowd no doubt.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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