Delta Farce

I am going to be honest, I thought this movie would be a little funnier than it was but it wasn't a complete disappointment. The first 35 minutes of the movie was just plain retarded and unfunny, then after that it gets a little better. However seeing that the 3 leading comedians were Larry The Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, and D.J. Qualls, I still found the funniest guy in this movie to be Keith David. His role as Sgt. Kilgore made me laugh several times more than I laughed at the others, oh and Danny Trejo was pretty good as being the villain and being funny at the same time. But anyways I give this movie a 5 out of 10 because it starts off slow and unfunny, but then it kind of picks up and you might have a few laughs before the end credits start to roll.

Originally, Jeff Foxworthy was scheduled to star in this film. Fortunately for him, his schedule wouldn't allow him to be in the movie and so his two friends, who were less lucky, starred in this mess. I thought Bill Engvall was too talented for this sort of terribleness. Larry the Cable Guy, however, is pretty much in his element. Don't believe me? Look up his filmography on IMDB! As for who took Foxworthy's part, I assume that was D.J. Qualls...a super-skinny guy who I cannot remember having seen in films before this one.

If you can believe it, 260 pound and 44 year-old Larry the Cable guy, 50 year-old Bill Engvall and D.J. Qualls (who appears less athletic and muscular than Wally Cox) are ALL supposed to be in the Army Reserves. We are not only supposed to believe these three are in the military (at least part-time) but that their Reservist unit consists of just these three men and no commanding officer!! Soon, however, a sergeant (David Keith) arrives and you'd think he'd whip them into shape. Instead, he announces they are going on active duty in Iraq!! So, in the next scene they are in a transport plane headed to Iraq...and an accident occurs and drops the four of them in Mexico*...and they three idiots believe it IS Iraq. As for the sergeant, he was left behind because they thought he was dead.

After wandering about the countryside, they wander in to a town and they attack because they think they are in enemy teritory. Yes, despite everyone speaking Spanish, they still think they are in Iraq. However, they accidentally do something good...they drive off a group of nasty bandits who have been terrorizing the town. Now, the three morons are heroes.

Unfortunately, their life as heroes is short-lived. The sergeant IS alive and is coming to get them AND the bandit leader (Danny Trejo) is planning on a rematch. What's next? Watch the film...or don't. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't.

To say that the story makes little sense is a big understatement...along with the fact that no country would ever allow these three misfits to serve. Much of it is totally stupid, some is offensive (IMDB won't allow me to post the offensive word they kept using) and, accidentally, some of it is actually funny. Now here's the interesting part--the professional comedians are NOT funny....but Danny Trejo is a hoot and makes the film at least watchable...the same is true of Qualls. More of them and less of the Larry/Bill would have made this a much better picture. In fact having NONE of Bill and Larry would have made the film much, much better. They suck...no two ways about it.

So is it worth seeing? Perhaps, if you have rather low standards. But I will say it's NOT as bad as many of the reviewers say...and I cannot imagine giving this one a 1 or 2 when there are thousands of worse films...not that this is a glowing endorsement to go see it! My attitude is that it's a brainless and occasionally funny time-passer....I just wish Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy had opted out of appearing in this one, as they were the worst thing about the film. Larry was, quite simply, Larry (I think that is pretty self-explanatory) and as for Engvall he generally acts like he's nearly comatose during most of the film.

*Their reserve station was in Georgia...how they had to fly over Mexico to get to Iraq is beyond me!!

I sat down in 2021 to watch the 2007 comedy "Delta Farce" for the first time. I happened to come across the movie by random luck. And never having heard about the movie, I opted to sit down and give it a chance.

And while "Delta Farce" is watchable, this was hardly a grand cinematic moment in comedy history. The movie was just too generic, I suppose.

The storyline told in "Delta Farce", as written by Bear Aderhold and Tom Sullivan, was pretty straight forward, sure. But at the same time, the storyline was just not one that was overly crammed with comedy elements. So for a comedy then "Delta Farce" felt a little bit tame.

Personally I got no particular interest in Larry the Cable Guy, neither as an actor or a comedian, so I didn't sit down to watch "Delta Farce" because he starred in it. The movie does have some good enough names on the cast list, with the likes of Keith David, Emilio Rivera, Danny Trejo and DJ Qualls. The movie even had comedy Jeff Dunham in it, which was definitely a blast to watch. It was, in fact, Keith David and Danny Trejo that made the movie watchable, and they weren't even in the lead roles.

"Delta Farce" has the occasional laugh here and there, but for a comedy it was a bit bland. I had hoped for a bit more contents that would make me laugh, truth be told.

While "Delta Farce" is watchable, it is hardly a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time.

My rating of director C. B. Harding's 2007 comedy lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.

I really wish I could give this movie a negative rating it was just so terribly bad. My date and I were the last people to walk out of the movie; the whole theater was empty about an hour and a half into the movie. The jokes were just not funny. I had a couple of times where I forced a chuckle, if only because I went to the movie really wanting to laugh. The acting, scripts, plot, everything, was pathetic. Do yourself a favor and avoid this movie at all cost. If you really feel the need to dispose of your money so wastefully, you could wire it to me and the money you spent will provide you with the same amount of entertainment. If, after reading this and the other reviews of this travesty of a movie, you still feel you must watch it, wait for it to show up on cable... as bad as this movie is, you probably will not have to wait more than a month before it hits TV.

Listen, this movie does have some comedy in it. It is what it is, and knowing the main characters and subject you are getting what you expect to get. This movie starts out a little slow but eventually builds up into a film that can hold it's own. This movie was fluid enough to keep me entertained and laughing here and there so it's not half bad. The fight scenes are good for the men. There is a romantic side of the movie too for the women,and a cultural touch as well. It is also very patriotic in the sense that it's a military movie and I'm sure many GI's will enjoy this movie too. Give it a chance if you have 90 minutes of free time, you may be surprised.