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Captain ron boat12/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Place, who gives a decent performance, miraculously survives this disaster with some degree of dignity. Short, a genuine comic talent, has little to do once Russell blows onto the scene like a thunder squall. The most tragic victim among all this comic flotsam and jetsam is Short. It makes you wonder about the profoundly deep-seated, psycho-sexual problems this pathetic couple must have been suffering on land.Īside from Russell’s shameless performance, the movie is also afflicted with easily anticipated sight gags. Martin even boasts that he and his wife, once aboard ship with the demented captain at the helm, had “the best sex they’ve had in three years.” Quite unaccountably, Captain Ron, who casts a lustful eye at Martin’s wife, becomes a liberating force for the uptight Harveys. It’s sort of like hiring the sicko ex-con in Martin Scorsese’s “Cape Fear” to be the captain on a family cruise. ![]() Why anybody would hire a wacko like Captain Ron isn’t answered here. Once out to sea, the movie sputters along on its one-gag premise that Russell’s boorishness is absolutely hilarious.Īll that can go wrong goes wrong as the Harveys endure everything from a raging storm and a rotting ship to modern-day pirates, jail and expulsion from a festive port city. Russell does whatever he pleases as he stretches out what might have been a tolerable five-minute shtick into an intolerable full-length feature. There’s not even a hint of a skilled directorial hand trying to restrain the actor as he plunges maniacally into the role. You can almost hear Russell chewing up and regurgitating the scenery in this over-the-top role as the boorish, beer-swigging macho con man and all-around phony.ĭirector Thom Eberhardt abandons ship as soon as Russell comes on board. Worst of all, Russell’s Captain Ron seizes complete control of the movie and throttles it to death over the next 90 minutes or so. Bare-chested, dirty and sporting a pirate’s eye patch and dreadlocks, Russell’s obnoxious, swashbuckling, pscyho Captain Ron takes complete control of the Harvey family and their rundown tub of a boat. ![]()
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