Tromeo & Juliet (1996)

I gave it a 3 for adaptation effort and another 3 for being the precursor for Waking Dead.Three for human characters, another three for zombies acting, or were those the Thespians? I meant actors. Were those actors? I'm just so traumatized. But it was fun, like a car chase, waiting for the accident to happen.Honestly, there's still working actors from this film. Tiffany Sheppis, still Hot. Ron Jeremy. Enough Said.We really need a TJ2. If only for more pop-corn fun. If we were drunk.

Yes!! They finally got it down to perfection. What a great idea, a refreshing exploitation epic for Generation-X, whether they know it or not. After disasters like Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD, and getting screwed by Blockbuster, our hero, Lloyd Kaufman just decided to go for it, stop catering to distributors, and let Troma be all the Troma it can be. Lloyd would make this one the most unapologetic, outlandish and downright hilarious Troma movie yet. This time, Lloyd takes Shakespeare's love story, turns it inside out, Tromatizes it, and adds that long, lost, entertainment value it was always lacking. Entertainment value, such as Lemmy Kilmister (the narrator), Debbie Rochon (the cook), Joe Fleishaker (the fat guy), and of course, brutal mutilations and toilet humor. Tromeo And Juliet is the definitive edition of a rather lackluster story, and the crown jewel of the Troma universe.Years ago, in Tromaville, N.J. business partners, Monty Que and Cap Capulet start a film company called Silky Films, which would produce supposedly tasteful, soft core films. Monty considers Cap his friend, but Cap is out to screw the poor sucker out of his share of the company. On paper, and in books, it appears that Monty gave away his life's work for free. Fast forward to mid-90's Manhattan, we have two families who are extremely displeased with one another, it's to the point that they're just looking for a reason to take a limb, or preferably, a life. Monty has a son, Tromeo, nephew, Benny, they, with their friend, Murray Martini, who's just a little too excited about all the carnage, wage war on the incestuous Capulets, except Monty, he's too drunk to care. Like in the original, there is a confusing situation, leading to Tromeo falling for Cap's daughter, who he has never met, or never even knew about. Unfortunately, Cap is a sadistic pervert, who, not unlike Tromeo's dad, has a thing for the bottle, and this would of course, lead to daddy's little chenshaw melon being physically, and emotionally abused, and molested, and kept in a Plexiglas cage, off and on, depending on how foul of a mood Cap is in. Cap is also forcing his vegetarian daughter to marry London Arbuckle, a billionaire butcher, who, would make just about anyone uneasy, with or without the raisin loaf. With all these inconveniences, the young lovers feel that eloping would be the best decision, but how will this effect the big feud? It might, or might not, go a little something like the original, but figuring out how this one ends up is just simply not going to happen, you'll never see it coming."The one with Leo" is downright sleep-inducing compared to Tromeo & Juliet, but if watered-down, over-directed, big-budget, Hollywood, Garbage is what you've been programmed to go for, then by all means, go for it, but if you're in the mood for something a little more colorful, something that really packs a punch, and doesn't follow the "normal" movie pattern, and if you happen to have a rather abnormal sense of humor, then you just might not hate this movie. Tromeo And Juliet gives the finger to all that is mainstream. Full-blast exploitation with as much mean-spirited humor as anything from a young John Waters. Along with some badass acting, Tromeo And Juliet flaunts a thunderous score which includes the legendary Motorhead, and not to mention, much input from James Gunn, that really brought this one together. For more awesomeness from James Gunn, check out Lollilove, and for more excellence from Lloyd Kaufman, check out his next vision, Terror Firmer. Tromeo And Juliet is jaw-droppingly priceless Exploitation for the 90's brought to us by the one, and only, king of the B-movies. Thank's, Lloyd. 10/10

A Shakespeare film provided by Troma entertainment? That is certainly something to rouse one's curiosity. And, hey, there is Debbie Rochon, although not the most skintastic babe in the movie, it is always good to see her.Yes, there is plenty of skin in this wacky tale, starting with Juliet (Jane Jensen) getting it on with Ness (Rochon), but Jensen will provide much more later in a popcorn moment. Bon appeTiT! Of course, skin is featured on movies and TV shows within the movie numerous times. I wonder what happened to Jacqueline Tavarez, who only appeared here. What a performance! But enough about skin, The movie has much more. There is murder, mayhem, and disgustingly bloody bits. Just what you would expect in Shakespeare, but left out for gentile audiences. Of course, there are also scenes I would never expect in Shakespeare. Ugh! It certainly makes Shakespeare more interesting.

If you're reading my comment you probably know everything about how the films of Troma are and why they are so unique and great so you are probably, if you haven't watch it of course, imagine how is the mix between Shakespeare and Kaufman. If you are imagining an extremely hilarious film with many memorable scenes and with the classic gore, sex and creativity of Troma, well you're imagining the right film. Since the very beginning, with Lemmy of Motorhead as the narrator, this film is nothing but a really unique, bizarre and hilarious version of the Shakespeare classic.Capulet and Que, the last names of two rival families that once were friends but now the only thing that they feel of each other is hate. The life of Tromeo Que (Will Keenan) will never be the same after he meet Juliet Capulet (Jane Jensen) and they must fight for an impossible but true love.I really like the way that the hate between the two families is shown at the beginning because this is real hate and all the members are just crazy in different ways, of course depending of which last name they have. Tromeo is always at parties, his girlfriend is unfaithful to him and he loves pornography. Juliet can't go out of her house, her father is a real f*cker and although she doesn't love London (Steve Gibbons) she must married him. Also she is having a sexual relation with the maid.But we all know that they feel real love and in this film there is one scene, probably my favourite, in which Juliet becomes a sort of a cow with penis because she wants to get rid of London. When Tromeo looks Juliet as a cow, he doesn't care and he kisses her. I mean that's true love, don't you think? The end is also hilarious with the real reason of the hate between the families and the sons of Tromeo and Juliet.The cast is also pretty cool with the beauty of Jane Jensen and Debbie Rochon and a great and funny work of Will Keenan. There are great cameos: Lemmy as the narrator, Lloyd Kaufman appears at a party, Ron Jeremy and also Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. and Toxie appears.Well I really enjoyed this film but I can only recommend it to people who know something about Troma. Anyway, what a great film!PS: the soundtrack is also pretty cool. Motorhead, Sublime and Unsane are some of the bands that appears but my favourite and most bizarre fact is that the Mexican band Brujeria is also here. If I can find this CD someday it will be an obligated purchase.