The Dukes of Hazzard
Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, the man who brought you
Super Troopers.
Starring Johnny Knoxville (Luke), Sean William Scott (Bo), Jessica Simpson (Daisy), and Burt Reynolds as Boss Hogg.
Basically this movie is about two misfits, Bo and Luke, who cause minor disturbances within the county of Hazzard. Luke is a crazy man, who likes his women a lot; and Bo is a guy who loves his car, a 1969 Orange Dodge Charger, the ‘General Lee.’ They spend most of their time on screen evading authorities or others that they have pissed off. Yet the premise of the film is that Hazzard county is being bought up or stolen by Boss Hogg, who wishes to make money. The Dukes get kicked out of their house and go on a mission to find out what Boss Hogg has prepared for Hazzard and then try to stop him.
Though there were many jokes and physical comedy moments, I still came out of this movie without a feeling of completeness; by that I mean, there was no substance to this movie and from what I have seen of the old series, it was just one long episode, with a bigger budget.
Sean and Johnny, surprisingly did well as a comedy team and if it weren’t for the movie being as bad as it was, they would have done exceedingly well.
I recommend it if you are looking for a longer episode of the original series, or you like physical comedy and/or jokes like those from Super Troopers. Otherwise I think it is not worth the time spent watching it.
Alex Massy-Gartly
