![]() ![]() The romantic aspects of the movie come together better than they probably have any right to and while it does eschew much of the tragedy that has made the source material so memorable, it does manage to put its own unique and worthwhile spin on things. ![]() The bizarre set pieces are still here, highlighted by a weird dream sequence involving a giant Giger-esque penis coming to life and a scene in which a woman gives birth to live rats, and there is still a lot of violence and potty humor but as the movie plays out you actually start to care for the two leads just a little bit. Surprisingly good in the acting department, at least by the studio's usual standards, Tromeo And Juliet isn't exactly Troma growing up but it does show the studio taking things in a different direction than the one that they'd been heading in for the ten years or so prior to its production. Just as it was in Shakespeare's original story, here Tromeo and Juliet have to figure out how they'll be able to be together once and for all but the feud between their families shows no signs of dying down any time soon and London isn't keen on letting go of his fiancé without a fight. Complicating matters further, Juliet's live in assistant, Ness (Debbie Rochon), has also got the hots for her and the pair periodically engage in some pretty rad lesbian sex. Unfortunately for Tromeo, while she reciprocates his affections, her father, Cappy (William Beckwith credited as Maximillian Shaun), wants her to marry her fiancé, a meat mogul named London Arbuckle (Steve Gibbons). When he and his pals crash a party being held by the Capulets, however, he soon falls head over heels in love with the pretty vegetarian Juliet Capulet (Jane Jensen). In the middle of this family feud is Tromeo Que (Will Keenan), a young man who loves pornography and spends a lot of time hanging out with his relatives Benny (Stephen Blakehart) and Tyrone (Patrick Connor) getting into trouble. Set in the New Jersey of the late nineties, the film tells the story of two families, the Ques and the Capulets who, after a dispute over some sex film distribution rights, wind up in a nasty and ongoing feud. ![]() Directed by Lloyd Kaufman and co-written by James Gunn (who would later write Scooby Doo and the Dawn Of The Dead remake in addition to directing Slither) it's equal parts clever social satire, base exploitation and bizarre juvenility but somehow it manages to all come together. Made in 1999 to cash in on Baz Luhrman's theatrical release of Romeo + Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Troma's Tromeo And Juliet is another in the studio's long line of crasstastic films chock full of sex, violence, humor and gross out moments. ![]()
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