Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury

Finally, a spoof worth laughing at!
"Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury" is not a serious action film. Clearly, the title explains it's genre. 'Drowning Out the Fury' is a sequel to "Poolboy" - a film moviegoers never heard of because the studio banned it from being released, or so claims fictioness filmmaker Saint James St. James. It was shot in 1990 by Saint James St. James who at the time was 10 years old. The film stars Kevin Sorbo (hey, wasn't he Hercules?!) as the film's hero who returns to America after serving in Nam. When he returns, he discovers his nation (and the pool cleaning business) has been hijacked by Mexicans. He then proceeds to clean up the nation and re-claim the pool cleaning business once and for all. The script is more racist than "Blazing Saddles". It's all in good fun if you don't take the jokes seriously. Danny Trejo co-stars along with other notable appearances by Jason Mewes and Richard Karn.

Low-brow comedy has never been so wet.
He's the Poolboy, a "hardcore Vietnam vet with eight-six purple hearts and was trained to kill, and has just come home to find [his] wife and son dead, drowning in a pool." To seek vengeance, he wages war with the local Mexican immigrants; when he kills the ninth favorite brother of Caesar, the war escalates into all-out mayhem.

Suffice it to say that POOLBOY: DROWNING OUT THE FURY is not for everyone. Its over-the-top xenophobia, violence, and sex is meant to incite and push buttons, and get a few guilty laughs (a sax-playing Hitler?). So if you're the kind of person who doesn't like hard-R comedies, stop reading this review; it won't do anything for you.

POOLBOY isn't the greatest grindhouse parody of recent years; but it's off-the-cuff vulgarity and humor make it a memorable entry into this new genre. Kevin Sorbo has great comedic timing, as does the film's writer Ross Patterson (who co-stars as Saint James St. James, the director of the...

Genius movie.
Reminded me of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, except this had more jokes and mistakes. The review who said the movie was awful made me laugh, it's the worst film of all time on purpose. It was supposed to be bad. Kudos to the film makers for taking the time to make this a classic. The credits are the greatest thing I've ever seen. Who knew Sorbo was funny? Great Film.

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