Straight Outta Benoni

This film blew me away - it is cutting edge stuff. This was out there like Wayne's World or Napoleon Dyanamite or any of these new age cult movies. I can't believe South Africans made this movie. We are really coming of age. Our local cinema is going to fly if this is the kind of film that is being made at present. Yes, not all of it was brilliant, and some of the characters were quite over the top, but overall it was absolutely amazing. It was also too funny for words. Brendan Jack is South Africa's Jack Black. They even have some such similar names. It must be a sign. This is one fantastic piece of work - I am sure these Crazy Monkey guys are going to go from strength to strength. I hope they continue doing their stuff.

If your not familiar with the Crazy Monkey crowd..... Don't watch! Unlike the Jackass movie, this one does not include various stunts that they perform in extreme situations (wink, wink). It's just about a couple of guy's that are trying to become famous very quickly.

It has one or two moments of hilarity followed by ..... ummmm nothing much. The acting is painful (it's meant to be) the story almost non existent ( it's also meant to be).

Gavin and Brandon are to say the least stupid (there supposed to be)... If your'e stoned then you'll love it!!! Tanit Pheonix is very hot.... too darn hot I tell you and I personally loved the cop who acts like Horatio Caine from CSI Miami with his sunglasses. Do not pay good money to watch it, don't rent it on DVD,wait for it to come on TV and even then only watch if you accidentally flick through and it's on.

This happens to be the only South African movie containing really clever and witty type of humor (unlike moronic Leon Shuster movies) - comic timing is perfect :-) Also, us South Africans are sick and tired of seeing blood, crime, and anything AIDS related - this has been shoved down our throats all the time, on the news, in the print media as well as with other SA movies. Straight outta Benoni is a real breath of fresh air!

You have to be south African to truly appreciate it. There is also a need for your brain cells to make contact at least once in a while - viewers who dislike the movie are simply too dumb to get it. WELL DONE BOYS :-) WE WANT MORE

This is the worst movie ever made anywhere on planet earth. Zero out of ten is flattery. They should allow minus numbers. The two main characters are a Wayne's world lookalike and his sidekick who tries to model his role on Chevy Chase. If you think their acting is bad, it gets worse with the cop who models his role on Jim Carey and fails, miserably. Occasional attempts at American accents. It is quite a difficult accent for South Africans and impossible for any of this cast.

Was there a plot?. I don't think so. The only faint glimmer of humour was the high school address by the head-boy, Idols compère Colin Moss, also acting the role of a Joe Kool Fonzarelli character, which he did OK with. Danny Kaye also sang a song or two and these two guys's personal fan club obviously raised the vote count to what looks like a respectable rating. Waste of time. Waste of money. No laughs.

The only way that anyone enjoyed this movie, or found it remotely amusing, was by being so drugged out of their mind that they were actually laughing at the stage curtains moving in the breeze.

Bad, bad, bad, in Malories immortal words! Damn right that the only place money got spent was on the marketing - it was the only way they could get people into the movie house.

This entirely justifies the pirating of movies - it's actually criminal to expect people to pay to be exposed to this drivel! Do not rent this movie - rather convince your worst enemy to do so, in fact steal a copy and post it to him.