![]() ![]() Sometimes they’re less successful, Thorny’s addiction to female libido booster, Flova Scotia, is promising but doesn’t go anywhere more interesting than a few lazy “women, AMIRITE?” style gags. ![]() Sometimes they really work, Mayor Guy Le Franc (Rob Lowe) pointing out how uptight and sexually repressed Americans are by means of gently pummelling a male prostitute’s dangling penis is weirdly endearing. Super Troopers 2’s plot, like the original’s, is basically a thin premise to provide context for the chaps of Broken Lizard to indulge in lengthy, often very funny, sketches that riff on the absurdity of Mounties, the joy of drugs and how much of a wanker Farva is. ![]() A small Quebec town is transitioning from Canadian to American sovereignty (it doesn’t matter why, just go with it) and our “boys” must provide their special brand of law enforcement, for a shot at redemption and also because it will hopefully be piss funny. They’ve all been shitcanned down to civilian status, something that lasts all of seven minutes, when Captain O’Hagen (Brian Cox) appears with a tempting offer. Super Troopers 2 rejoins the lives of Thorny (Jay Chandrasekhar), Farva (Kevin Heffernan), Rabbit (Erik Stolhanske), Foster (Paul Soter) and Mac (Steve Lemme) some years after the original. ![]() Still, thanks to an enormously successful crowdfunding campaign and much fan anticipation, Super Troopers 2 is here, seventeen years after the original. After all, surprise is key for those out-of-nowhere laughs, and the giddy genius of a strangely subversive flick about Vermont state troopers pissfarting about seems a trick destined to work only once. Sequels to comedy cult hits are always a risky proposition. ![]()
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