Porky's Revenge!

Porky's Revenge! (1985)

Runtime: 92 minutes

Directed by: James Komack

Starring: Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Tony Ganios, Chuck Mitchell

From: 20th Century Fox

Considering what I watched in the past few days I figured it made more sense to finish off the trilogy tonight. In the past there's been rumors of a reboot and/or a sequel but I last heard that talk like a few years ago, so who knows if it'll ever happen.

To steal the plot description from the IMDb: "As graduation nears for the class of 1955 at Angel Beach High, the gang once again faces off against their old enemy, Porky, who wants them to throw the school's championship basketball game because he's betting on the opposing team." To elaborate, them throwing the game would erase the gambling debts of their coach; you see, Porky now runs an illegal riverboat casino. There's also such things as a hot blonde Swedish exchange student named Inga (a Playmate at the time named Kim Evenson), a stag film, Meat being queasy at the thought of dissecting a frog, and an old love of Beulah Balbricker.

The third movie in a comedy series... that's typically pretty bad, such as I understand The Hangover 3 to be. However, while this movie ends up pretty silly and ridiculous (even for this series), overall I say that it's about average, even if the original is clearly the best of the three. There's still some amusing laughs, some nice nudity for all the horndogs out there, some funny setpieces, and Porky's boat is named HMS PIGNUTS, which should say it all when it comes to what you should expect of this film.

If nothing else, the film has a surprisingly nice soundtrack, mainly done by Dave Edmunds; yes, the I Hear You Knocking dude. There are also songs from The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Willie Nelson, and George Harrison. Heck, Phil Collins plays on another tune. That's more than you'd expect from a film like this.

I shall return tomorrow night.