To be perfectly frank, I did not know what FUBAR was until about 10 minutes ago. I had heard of the expression (F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition, natch), but was unaware there’s a movie with the same title. Imagine my continued surprise that there’s actually a FUBAR II, which is opening up the Midnight Madness program at the Toronto Film Festival; to celebrate, we’ve got the trailer for the Canadian comedy, which you can check out below… While not necessarily Arrow in the Head fare, it still looks like an amusing time, so check it out, you hoser!
It is time to once again “Turn up the good, turn down the suck,” as headbanger relics and lifelong friends Dean (Paul Spence) and Terry (Dave Lawrence) are re-united for more mullet mayhem in Fubar II. Director Michael Dowse has returned to the world of his 2002 instant cult hit to check in on the lives of this motley pair of metalheads in Alberta, only to find that Old Lady Responsibility is tugging on their ears and dragging them into the world of respectable employment and domesticity.
Following a celebration of Dean’s five years of being nut-cancer free, which turns into a fiery eviction party, the boys realize they’re weary of constantly trying to give’r while barely scraping by. When their old buddy and party leader, Tron (Andrew Sparacino), promises to hook them up with jobs on the pipelines in Fort McMurray, they jump into their ’86 Cutlass Supreme – the trunk precariously overloaded with a flat of Pilsner – and head to the Mac in search of sweet cash.
After donning hard hats and coveralls, the lads are soon rolling in dough and good times, but life in the Mac takes very different turns for the two pals. Flush with money and confidence, Terry meets Trish (Terra Hazelton), a local waitress, and things get serious in a hurry. Meanwhile, holding down a job, shotgunning beers and playing with his band “Night Seeker” begins to catch up with Dean.
FUBAR II will have screenings on September 8th and 10th at TIFF, so to book your tickets, head on over HERE now!