Obnoxious ensemble comedy in which a shift in the border
between the U.S. and Canada leads to an exchange of sophomoric practical jokes
between a band of Vermont state troopers (Jay Chandrasekhar, who also directed,
Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske) and their Mountie
counterparts (Will Sasso, Tyler Labine, and Hayes MacArthur). Presumably
designed to make adolescent boys of all ages snigger, Chandrasekhar's follow-up
to the 2002 original, which he wrote in collaboration with the other four
actors playing the Americans, crosses the line from crude to seamy with a
sequence set in the bordello and strip club owned by the local mayor (Rob
Lowe).
Watch out for: Occasional
violence with some gore, strong sexual content, including implied nonmarital
sexual activity and full nudity, drug use, about a dozen profanities, a few
milder oaths, pervasive rough and crude language.
Rated: O, morally offensive;
MPAA: R
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