Our pals at Troma have done it again. The first time I got
finished watching this movie I had to start the DVD over and watch it again.
Tromeo & Juliet is becoming a cult classic just like the Toxic Avenger
did back in '85. My wife, who dislikes Troma and other B-Movies, even likes
this one. Some of our friends, who are also not B-Movie fans, can be heard
saying "Murray was a fag!", "Bad Monkey!" and other notable Tromeo and Juliet
quotes. The Unrated Director's Cut DVD of this film is a must for any B-Movie
enthusiast, but it does help to own a DVD player to play it on.
Lemmy introduces the two houses, Cue & Capulet, who have been
feuding for the past twenty or so years. Your typical fued stuff: dead
park animals, cut off fingers, fistfights and the occasional shooting.
We find out, in a very sick way, that Tromeo is really searching for true
love. Now Lloyd Kaufman is a brilliant director but intermixing a lesbian
sex scene and Tromeo masturbating is just wrong.
Since Murray cuts off Sammy's fingers, Cap, Sammy, Monty & Benny
are brought in for quetioning but the police don't get very far since
Sammy won't say what happened to him. Once outside Cap confronts Monty
and Sammy is stupid enough to stick his head into the car window. Benny
rolls up the car window trapping Sammy's head and drives off. Punching
Sammy in the face while going around 60 MPH is a good way to get him loose,
but being freed from the car flings him head first into a fire hydrant.
After a futle attempt to put a piece of his brain back in his head Sammy
dies.
When Tromeo and Murray crash a capulet costume party the fertilizer
hits the fan. Tromeo and Murray go with the intention of wrecking the party
and stealing from the capulets, But Tromeo sways from the plan when he
meets Juliet. After dancing Tromeo & Juliet fall instantly in love (complete
with "boing" erection sound effects). The lovers bliss is broken up by
Tyrone who lets them know just who they've fallen in love with. After a
not so heroic escape, Juliet dreams of a visit from Tromeo and having a
C Section birth of popcorn, rats and maggots (Maybe it's better if you
don't understand it). Juliet wakes up screaming and is put in the "Time
Out Room", a plexiglass box in a dark room.
Tromeo breaks into the Capulet house and finds Juiet chained in the
box, since she can't escape the chain they have sex instead. Juliet tells
Tromeo of her impending marriage to London and they decide to get married
instead. After a meeting with Father Lawrence Tromeo and Juliet secretly
marry, and have a honeymoon seeing the sights of New York city. After matching
tattoos, porno theaters and sex on the side of a museum they say goodnight.
Benny and Murray are confronted by Tyrone, who is looking for Tromeo.
Once Tromeo shows up some words are exchanged and a fight breaks out. One
of Benny's customers is stabbed in the eye with a tattoo needle and Murray
has Tyrone's Hitler Club imbedded in his skull. Murray asks Tromeo to
kiss him goodbye as he's dying, which leads to one of my favorite quotes
in the movie "Murray was a fag!". (Not a very significant line but it's
really funny the way he says it.) Tromeo and Benny go after Tyrone and
his buddies and aother fight breaks out. Tromeo throws Tyrone onto a car
and when the car stops he is decapitated. Tyrone's head lands on a different
car with a wholesome looking family and causes an accident. The police get
involved and one of the capulets finger Tromeo. Wanted for murder Tromeo
goes into hiding at Father Lawrence's church and Juliet meets up with him.
Father Lawrence sends Juliet to Fu Chang, a drug pusher that can give
her a magic potion. Juliet uses the potion to make herself a cow faced freak,
to scare away London. Once London jumps out a window, Cap confronts his
daughter and is going to kill her. Tromeo jumps in and a very demented fight
results. Cap is killed and Father Lawrence convinces the police that the
two killings were self defense.
Tromeo and Juliet go outside and are stopped by Juliet's mom and Tromeo's
dad. That Tromeo's real father is Cap and that he can't be with Juliet
because they are brother and sister. One great line is when Monty tells
Tromeo, "...perhaps you haven't noticed but I'm BLACK". Tromeo and Juliet
decide that they're going to be together anyway and drive off. Six years
later in Tromeo and Juliet have a house in Tromaville, New Jersy and have
three slightly mutated kids. The End.
The credits are almost as funny as the movie. Various joke credits and
messages from the credit writer.
The Unrated Director's Cut DVD of this one is CRAMMED full of cool features.
Interviews, director's dommentary, a special welcome from Lloyd Kaufman,
deleted scenes, a virtual tour of the Troma Inc. building, and a whole bunch
more stuff. Worth the money if you are into Troma.
This film is plagued by some particularly bad special effects, and it
wouldn't be a Troma film without them.
I own the same crossbow that Cap Capulet uses. I got it for $25 at SportMart.
Think a rich guy like that would buy a really good one. But the exploding
bolts for it must be expensive so maybe it balances out.
What the hell is wrong with Sammy? What could make him act like such
a tard?
I would love to be in a Troma movie.
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