Postal (2007)

In the ironically named city of Paradise, a recently laid-off loser teams up with his cult-leading uncle to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park; somehow, the recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far more sinister intent.

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Uwe Boll, Bryan C. Knight

Stars:

Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Verne Troyer

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Zack Ward	...	Dude
Dave Foley	...	Uncle Dave
Chris Coppola	...	Richard
Jackie Tohn	...	Faith
J.K. Simmons	...	Candidate Welles
Ralf Moeller	...	Officer John
Verne Troyer	...	Verne Troyer
Chris Spencer	...	Officer Greg
Larry Thomas	...	Osama Bin Laden
Michael Paré	...	Panhandler
Erick Avari	...	Habib
Lindsay Hollister	...	Recorder
Brent Mendenhall	...	George W. Bush
Rick Hoffman	...	Mr. Blither
Michael Benyaer	...	Mohammed

Storyline

The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but political figures as well.

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Plot Keywords:

pubic hair | breasts | blue panties | white panties | scantily clad female | 

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Taglines:

Getting banned from a theater near you!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for extremely crude humor throughout, including strong sexuality, graphic nudity, violence, and for pervasive language and some drug use

Details

Country:

USA Canada Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 October 2007 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Postal: The Movie

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$146,741

Company Credits

Production Co:

Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, Pitchblack Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 114 min (Director's Cut DVD) 127 min (long) 107 min (original cut) 102 min (unrated DVD)

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In June of 2006, Uwe Boll publicly announced a challenge to his numerous critics to "put up or shut up." Based on certain criteria, Boll would select 5 of his harshest critics to fight in a series of multi-round boxing matches, to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia and broadcast over the Internet. He planned to use footage from these fights in this movie, but that didn't fit the plot, so the idea was dropped. It's claimed that they might be part of the DVD when it's released.

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Goofs

During the big final shootout, when Zack Ward shoots everyone with the machine gun, the spent casings fall to the ground in slow motion. They're obviously blanks with crimped ends, not empty casings, which would come from live ammo.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Asif: Congratulations, Nabi. We are at the doorstep of our martyrdom.
Nabi: Praise Allah.
Asif: Praise him! Soon, we will be greeted by Allah, the one true god... and by the cheers of our fore fathers... and by ninety-nine perfect virgins who will worship us... for ALL eternity!
Nabi: [pause] I thought it was one hundred.
Asif: What's that?
Nabi: One hundred virgins. They promised me one hundred.
Asif: Ninety-nine, one hundred. What's the difference?
Nabi: If they're telling you one thing and they're telling me another, maybe ...
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Alternate Versions

Removed from the DVD version is a scene of semen being sprayed on Cindy's face.

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Connections

References Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

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Soundtracks

Peace, Love and Harmony
Written by Robert Bartha and Mark Polak
Performed by Mark Polak
Published by Edition X-tended c/o Arabella Musikverlag GmbH

User Reviews

Funny as hell

I don't understand the bad reviews of this film. People complaining about how its not true to the games have obviously never played Postal 2. This movie is probably closest video game adaptation that I have seen. It is completely true to the theme of the game.

I watched this film at the premier and actually had a chat with Uwe Boll before the film started. He came out right before the film and made a 10-15 speech that consisted mostly of him tirading about how Bush is an idiot and even more about how he hate all the reviewers that give him bad reviews. I think he must have self esteem issues to come off like that against the reviewers.

Anyways, this movie is very funny, if you're into this sort of movie. Obviously if you hate Uwe Boll or are totally politically correct or are easily offended, then don't watch this movie. For people like me that like dead baby jokes and are pretty much desensitized to everything, this is a gold mine of comedy.