Road Lawyers and Other Briefs

This movie was the star attraction of Stupid Movie Wednesday when it first came out on video. The Road Lawyer's never ending string of cheesy puns delivered with deadpan expressions got a few laughs from the gang once the proper amount of alcohol was applied.

Escape from Heaven was a decent film school concept but wasn't too memorable. It tried to be more than it was. The dubbed sci-fi short at the end was inspired in the days before anyone knew of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It can't hold up since MST3K has shown us all how it's done.

This is a film to watch when you're in the mood for a dumb movie that is well in touch with it's dumbness.

Whomever wrote this was a total genius. Perhaps because I've had experience in the legal field I thought it was very funny. It looks like a Grade B or C movie, but it was so intelligently written that I was rolling on the floor laughing hard. For a lot of you though it might go over your head and you won't be able to understand it. This movie was so unforgettable for me I decided to go online to purchase it. Good luck to you if you can find it. If you have any experience with law, an Ex-Con, Lawyer, Judge, or Prosecutor, you'll find this to be the most hilarious movie you've ever seen in your life. It's very Bizarre, and so are the other shorts that come with it, but it's worth every penny.

I'd give "Road Lawyers" a 3 by itself but there are other shorts on the tape. It barely makes sense and the "special effects" aren't very special. Escape From Heaven isn't a much better film about what heaven is really like (5 out of 10). Radar Men on the Moon made me laugh pretty hard because it is done like a Mystery Science Theater 3000 show but it seems like it took little effort to make aside from writing the jokes (8 out of 10). The final short Hairline was my favorite because it has some humor and some drama as it shows a middle-aged man coping with the lose of his hair (8 out of 10). If you fast forward through the first two shorts, this is an enjoyable tape. I have no idea why they headlined with Road Lawyers, but that is the reason it has such a low rating. I wish I could separate the votes for this movie, but as a whole I gave it a 6.

Now, I know that independent films aren't made to be Oscars, but they should at least be SOMEWHAT bearable. Corny lines can be funny when used sparingly and at the right moments, but when they are used to hold up the extremely weak foundation of the movie itself by being said every friggin minute, it just doesn't work out. At all. The only reason this isn't getting a 1 is due to the fake-lip-syncing getting about 3 chuckles out of me. The rest is just cinematic diarrhea...it's something no one wants or wants to see.

This "cult classic" contained four short films consisting of "Road Laywers", "Escape from Heaven", "Radar Men on the Moon", and "Hairline". Now, Hairline was a bomb, nothing really great about it. It had its moments and so did Escape from Heaven, but Road Lawyers and Radar Men on the Moon made up for it. Clearly, the previous comment has no idea what comedy is. This isn't the most intelligent comedy, but that doesn't make it bad. They have corny lines, puns, randomness and everything you could want.

Now, If you are not the kind of person that laughs at random comments or inane humor, I wouldn't go for this. It does have its moments of comments bearing some intelligence, but most of it is just silly and outright hysterical.