This summer has been, overall, a disappointment as far as films are concerned. Just about every movie that came out this summer was all hype and no substance. However, there is one movie that came to the rescue and that would be Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
Director Kevin Smith brings us his fourth installment in his tale of Red Bank, N.J.'s residents. The first three were Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy, with the most recent being Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. This latest film ties together previous movies by bringing back all the old characters for cameos and by placing Jay and Silnt Bob in the middle of things, unlike in the first three films.
The basic premise of the movie is that Jay and Silent Bob's comic book likenesses, Bluntman and Chronic, are the basis for a movie and they want to stop it to preserve their reputations. This leads them on a cross-country adventure in which they find themselves sharing "doobie-snacks" with the Scooby Doo crew, freeing laboratory animals and acting out some of the funniest movie paradies you will see this year.
Besides comic relief, you get a great collection of cameos, among them George Carlin, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill (as in Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker from Star Wars), Shannon Elizabeth, Judd Nelson, JHU alumnus Wes Craven and many more.
This is a movie about firsts. It's about Jay and Silent Bob's first Internet experience. It's about Jay's first love. It's about Silent Bob's first major outburst of speech. It's about Jay and Silent Bob's first meeting, when they cement their friendship and find their storefront.
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