The War on the War on Drugs (2002)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Cevin D. Soling

Writer:

Cevin D. Soling (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Comprised of over 60 independent short scenes shot in a wide variety of cinematic styles, THE WAR ON THE WAR ON DRUGS parodies drug war propaganda and those who insist we fight the drug war at any cost. |

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Drug War | Satire | LSD | Cannabis

Cast

Tara Platt	...	Leader Tara, Agnes, Anime Girl, Norma, Sara, Isabelle
Yuri Lowenthal	...	John, Biff, Glenn, Henry, Ted, Zombie, Judge Knott
Joseph Greene	...	Professor Science, Victim, V.O. Still, Man at Urinal, Drug Czar
Brett Colby	...	Mugger, Hitler, Brahma, Garuda, Ken Carumen, Narrator, Police Detective, Paco
Kenny Wade Marshall	...	Kali, Officer Hummler, God, Sissy Boy, Cold Sufferer (as Kenny Marshall)
Susie Schwartz	...	Shroomie, Tennis Player #1, Lackey, Repulsed Girl
Dan Kornfeld	...	Cop, Nixon, Senor Syringe, Chemist, Mark McGuire, Bob Marley, Officer Mengela, Jimmy Hendrix, Keith Moon, Orin, Narrator, Thug #1, Football Brawler, Parent, Welder, Man in Line, Man in Booth, Bad Puppeteer (as Daniel J. Kornfeld)
Darren Fouse	...	Businessman, Dr. Burke
Carrie Keranen	...	Carrie, Businesswoman
Kevin Mulhern	...	Narrator, Football Fan, Man in Line
Cevin D. Soling	...	Narrator, Nimbus the Elder, Ticketing Officer, Frogman, Dr. Death, Director, Good Puppeteer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Krissy Berla	...	Nurse Betty
Mark Boyland	...	Father
Emily Burns	...	Girl
Christine Caffrey	...	Joan, Betty
Lucas Carine	...	Main Dork
Alexa Eisenstein	...	Rayana
Craig Henneberry	...	High School Student
Stephen Kaplan	...	Businessman
Andy Lustigman	...	Officer Hardass
Michael McGuirk	...	State Department Official
Teferra McKenzie	...	Luther, Harassed Man
Steve McNeil	...	Butcher
Jessica Polsky	...	Chrissy (scenes deleted)
Joe Rejeski	...	Nate, Laramie, Janitor
Stephanie Silk	...	Mother
Butch Thompson	...	Southern Narrator, George, Lobster Bib Chorus
Marie Vacar	...	Housewife
Valerie Vande Panne	...	Cootie Girl
Lance Vicente	...	Timmy
Jeff White	...	Lobster Bib Chorus

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Spectacle Films

Quotes:

Carrie, Businesswoman: If you want cake... buy cake mix.

Soundtrack:

E.S.P

Possibly the worst movie I've seen in my life.

The summary on the back of the DVD had this to say about the movie: "Comedians look at the success and failures of America's relentless and often futile war against drug use." If by "Comedians" they mean people who attempt to be funny, then this is an accurate description of the movie. However, the key word in the above sentence is "attempt". If some ten year children with access to film equipment "attempted" to make a funny movie about America's useless war on drugs, I imagine it would turn out something like this movie. In the entire movie there was about five minutes of useful information and not one humorous sketch at all. I hope the 'comedians' have day jobs.

Whatever you do, don't rent this movie. If it ever makes it to t.v., which I doubt it will (except maybe on MST3000), you'll change the channel after about 2 minutes. Trust me on this one.