Inbred Rednecks

Oh, dear, sweet Lord, 2 hours and 15 minutes!! And thank you Mr. Joshua P. Warren, for that. Not a 2 hour and 15 minute Hixploitation flick mind you, but a modern-day, Z-grade Hixploitation epic, about cock-fighting, packed with brain-damaged juvenile humor, which includes silence for a soundtrack, that lasts 2 hours and 15 minutes!!

Inbred Rednecks is one of those rare stories that speaks to you on a deep personal level, that really makes you think. Set in North Carolina, about some good ol' boys (white trash), with some bigass dreams, dreams of strikin' in rich in the cock-fighting circuit. Billy Bob, Joe Bob, Bubba, and Clovis have an advantage, an advantage conveniently called bigass Rooster, a massive Rooster who will plow through the competition no problem, makin' these good ol' boys a killin', that is, if it don't get stole. When this white trash quartet isn't dreamin' about success within the cock-fighting industry, they're usually trying (in vain) to pick up any kind of female they can find, or being homophobic, or telling dirty jokes, or hey, there's always the county fair. Yeah, pretty much a whole lot of nothing. This movie, come to find out, is a whole lot of nothing, then again, I've never seen nothing be so funny.

Although, Inbred Rednecks manages to give the finger to just about every form of film-making, Hollywood or otherwise, this tasteless piece of garbage, to me, is everything that is true and pure about independent film making. It's about entertaining the audience, not impressing it. Relying 100% on outrageous dialog, and obscene toilet humor. Inbred Rednecks is a refreshing addition to the Exploitation universe, and will entertain you whether you like it or not, and hell, it wasn't even shot on video! For more in the Hixploitation sub-genre, check out Scum Of The Earth and Moonshine Mountain. Regardless of what you think of B-cinema, regardless what you think of Hixploitation, I passionately recommend this film to the entire world's population. This film needed to be made. Yay for Inbred Rednecks. 10/10

Horrible script, horrible direction, horrible lighting, horrible jokes, horrible sound, horrible acting. So, why do I love it so much? It has a nice, homey feel to it. You can tell everybody who made this film is friends. There are some truly hilarious scenes, like the horrifying fate of "Sweet Meat" the midget. I'd like to see this guy make another film, for sure. I rented this movie numerous times in college and my roommates all loved it. It has a retarded appeal. I'd love to see a DVD of this released. I'd buy it, hellll yes I would. Anyway, my review is over, pretty much. IMDb has this ten line minimum so I have to keep writing. Inbred Rednecks is a funny, funny movie. Go see it, if you like gross, crude, poorly done movies. I like this movie. Am I at ten lines yet? YES! I am. Bye now.

One redneck has plans for his huge cock (rooster that is) in this very episodic film that really lacks any sort of plot whatsoever. The film has it's moments, but is VERY long winded for a film of it's type (I mean almost two and a half hours??? What the hell man?) And Come on really? Are there any truly good movies with the word "Redneck" in the title? Nope I didn't think so either. It's not that well edited either. For the VERY indiscriminating viewer this film MAY be worth if... provided you're drunk enough and have a few friends over to make fun of it with. But really the running time is BAD.

My Grade:C-

DVD Extras: Director & cast commentary; a 6 minute and 30 second "Guide to low budget film making" that is worthless; and a Behind the scenes segment (26 minutes)

For a low budget comedy -- make that any comedy -- at two-and-a-half hours, it's probably 30-45 minutes too long. It looks cheap. If it was made for $5000, you can imagine $4000 of the budget was spent on catering. The lighting, camera work and effects are dreadful. The acting is unprofessional and many of the jokes are in bad taste. Yet all is forgivable and part of the charm. There are at least four high spot sequences that are as uproariously hilarious as anything Hollywood has released the past decade -- and that includes supposedly hip "cutting edge" "underground" cult faves like "Borat," "Superbad," "Wedding Crashers," "Team America," "Super-Troopers" or "South Park: Longer & Uncut." There are long mildly amusing stretches that sometimes flat-line, but those high spots are just so flat-out funny that people who enjoy the humor of "Mr. Show" and Peter Jackson's "Dead Alive" should enjoy this, even if it's waaaay lower budget and looks it.

This is just a notch better than David Lynch's classic Erasurehead. Both painful to watch. The biggest downfall of Inbred Redneck is that it is much too long. Painful. $5 really? The guy on the porch shooting at frogs was OK, Keep moving.