Rock Jocks (2012)

A group of dysfunctional government employees find themselves responsible for shooting down asteroids that are headed for earth.

Director:

Paul V. Seetachitt

Writer:

Paul V. Seetachitt

Stars:

Andrew Bowen, Felicia Day, Justin Chon

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Andrew Bowen	...	John
Felicia Day	...	Alison
Justin Chon	...	Seth
Gerry Bednob	...	Tom
Kevin Wu	...	Danny
Mark Woolley	...	Austin
Doug Jones	...	Smoking Jesus
Robert Picardo	...	Guard 1
Jason Mewes	...	Guard 2
Greg Benson	...	Outgoing Deputy
Seth Lucas Bowen	...	Boy
Eugene Byrd	...	Layne
Zach Callison	...	Dylan
Michael Clair	...	Roomate
James DuMont	...	Rich

Storyline

A group of dysfunctional government employees find themselves responsible for shooting down asteroids that are headed for earth.

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Plot Keywords:

no opening credits | punched in the face | drinking | explosion | fight | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Quotes

Guard 1: You ever notice how versatile the word motherfucker is? You have lazy motherfucker, angry motherfucker...
Guard 2: Life's a motherfucker.
Guard 1: That doesn't actually work.
Guard 2: Condescending motherfucker.
Guard 1: Better.

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Connections

Referenced in The Blockbuster Buster: The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2013)

User Reviews

Worth Watching

This movie is intended for a male audience, preferably between the ages of 14-30. The humor isn't great, but definitely funny if you like "immature" humor. The only female character is played by Felicia Day (Alison), who does have a minor impact on the story, but is not properly utilized intellectually, as is the case in many Sci-Fi, Comedy movies.

Gerry Bednob, Andrew Bowen, Justin Chon and Kevin Wu help to develop the distinct characters needed for a misfit group. The acting itself is good, but hilarious writing helps to fuel this movie.

While the premise of impending doom, small group having to save the planet, "The Man" always trying to make the job harder, and the deadbeat dad role are not original, they are developed and help to conduct the story in an interesting way.

Doug Jones as Smoking Jesus, with continual exclamations of "Jesus" is definitely an upside, as well as quoting numerous movies throughout the movie.

Hopefully a deeper look at the characters and speeches throughout the movie will prompt similar movies, because there are pretty well thought out speeches made by the characters in the film.

The story itself is interesting to follow, peppered in with character conflicts that makes this an interesting movie, well worth a 85-91 minute viewing. Many people will not relate to it, and that's more than fair, but if you enjoy simplistic humor, good/great acting as well as some quality background imagery (scenes with Smoking Jesus), this might be worth a look.

Without spoiling the movie, it is hard to develop a full review, but a fair rating for this movie is 6/10, with a wide range of ratings expected between 1-10 because there will be people to whom this movie does not appeal at all, or to the target audience which it might. There are a few editing issues (talking without mouth moving) but overall the movie seems to be pretty well done.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 September 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bright Penny Productions, Intelligent Life Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 / (high definition)