Boss Hogg, the county commissioner, leads a charge to take away the Duke family farm under the pretext that Uncle Jesse is running a moonshine business. Bo and Luke Duke have a hunch that Boss Hogg has an ulterior motive and set out to find some answers. In the process, they wreak havoc on Hazzard County in their beloved 1969 Dodge Charger, the General Lee.
For all of the hype about Jessica Simpson in this movie, she is barely seen. There is some eye candy in the form of co-eds in the dorm (If I knew dorms were filled with naked women playing hackey sack in their unlocked rooms, I might have opted to live on campus :-) However, the movie is really about the General Lee (the car). The film is basically just a big car chase scene with the General Lee jumping, skidding, spinning and ramming its way out of hairy situations. The characters in the film are pretty true to the TV show with the exception of Rosco P. Coltrane being a hard-nosed serious cop in the film where he was a goofy putz in the TV show (also, Burt Reynolds should have gained about 100 pounds to do Boss Hogg justice). Overall, they basically just copied the TV show and put it on film with average modern day actors, which begs the question, "Why not just watch the TV show?"
Rating: 2 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, Willie Nelson
I typically watch movies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while riding the ACE Train from Tracy to Santa Clara. The opinions expressed are those of me, myself and I.
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This was a stupid film and simply tarnishes the original TV series.
I would go as far to say that seeing Jessica Simpson in shorty-shorts isn't even worth it. It was a pointless film and should never have been made.
Rating: 0.5 of 5
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