Extreme The shark is gaping is mouth and literally "gasping for breath" trying to keep itself oxygenated enough since it's not swimming fast enough to push enough water across it's gills to keep oxygenated. We see wildlife footage of a lion taking down a gazelle, and of vultures eating a dead zebra (pulling at the fleshy meat). From the utterly disgusting "humor" to a completely incompetent story, this movie is a dog. function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} CAST AS ROLE MODELS: They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. Something needs to be done to save the show, a big story is neededand what story is bigger than Bigfoot? Gus briefly smokes a cigar. Cookie Notice Fred Wolf, Release Date (Theaters): Happy Madison Productions, Sound Mix: "We love Dick," "Doesn't that mean we're eating Dick?" The film received negative reviews and was a box office bomb, making less than $7 million against a $20 million budget. Peter Gaulke, There are so many flaws that if I tried to point them all out, Id run out of digits, so Ill just take aim at the most egregious offenses. There's a certain amount of hubris involved in tacking more than an hour of bonus material onto a movie this shittythere's a Comedy Central special, some deleted scenes that are just as bad as the regular scenes, and a whole bit of Jonah Hill improvising a song. Music(Inappropriate) Peter Gaulke (STEVE ZAHN) is the somewhat dimwitted host of the wildlife TV show "Strange Wilderness" who -- with the aid of audio man Fred Wolf (ALLEN COVERT), cameraman Milas (ERNEST BORGNINE), driver Danny (PETER DANTE), and production assistant Cooker (JONAH HILL) -- tries to carry on the tradition of his late father in making nature interesting. . Strange Wilderness (2008) directed by Fred Wolf Reviews, film + cast Letterboxd Strange Wilderness 2008 Directed by Fred Wolf Synopsis This ain't March of the Penguins. Junior spray paints a large image of a penis and scrotum, and then makes a mock masturbation gesture with his hand over that image. We also see that he's having a sexual affair with Bill's wife. BLAKE CLARK plays a guide in Ecuador who takes the TV crew to meet Gus. Hiring unemployed mechanic and current alcoholic Whitaker (KEVIN HEFFERNAN) as their new animal handler, adding Cheryl (ASHLEY SCOTT) as their travel coordinator, and having stoner Junior (JUSTIN LONG) replace his uncle Milas as their cameraman, the TV crew sets out for Ecuador to find the elusive but legendary creature. Therefore, the crew must pack up and hit the road, with their ineptitude turning the routine trip into an absolute disaster. After a canister of nitrous oxide leaks inside their RV, we see Cheryl riding and bucking on top of something in just her panties (we see the side of her bare breast, all as she's high from the gas). I get it, things arent going to work out according to plan, its going to be a disaster one way or another, with each bigger than the last situation ratcheting up the stakes in some random way. The crew finds Sky's team dead from an unseen attack. Additionally, were constantly given a how could this get any worse outcome to nearly every twist in the road. Not sure how to end the show in a good way later that night, Cooker comes up with the idea of showing Bigfoot committing suicide. We see TV footage of the TV van passing by with beer cans falling out of it. We next see him at the doctor, still that way, with an x-ray image showing a graphic view of his penis down the turkey's throat. Peter Gaulke, Writer: More like this . Cheryl hits her head on the top of an RV's door when she stands up. HD home theater products currently on the market. After meeting Cheryl, Peter states (thinking he's out of her earshot, but he's not), "I'll be laying some serious pipe" (have sex with her). Extreme There are comments about liking Dick, if he ever lets his dog lick his name, and if his name gets hard in the morning. Profanity consists of at least 82 "f" words, while other expletives and many colorful phrases are also uttered. Strange Wilderness is a counterfeit bill. He then says he collected them and sewed himself up, followed by him showing the others (including Cheryl) the results. A thug repeatedly honks his car horn to interrupt the crew's filming, and then wants $100 to stop. Several lesser profanities. We see footage of a primate's large testicles. That results in Peter slapping the guy on the back of the head and running off, followed by the thug making him and Fred look for a supposed scratch on his car hood. The doc then says that maybe Peter can urinate into the turkey (to pass whatever was in the syringe into the turkey's throat, prompting Fred to ask, "You want him to piss that turkey off his hog?" The entire crew of actors seem to lack any real chemistry with each other, despite the heavy veteran acting presence. It's more than a hundred!) Piranhas attack Dick as he wades through water (we see frothy water around him as he slowly sinks, but no blood, and this is played for comedy). Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS, Aspect Ratio: They rush him to a hospital to remove it from his penis. Peter smokes a joint while telling someone on the phone that he used to smoke a lot of dope, but has quit. Animals. [4], Strange Wilderness received highly negative reviews. It all starts to get a bit old. They also try to stage a death by suicide scene for the creature, to capture for their show. "Run like hell," "Little gook," "Ball quilt," "Dude," "I'll be damned," "You sons of bitches," "Holy crap," "It made me feel so crappy," "Chick," "You suck," "Bitch" (man) and "The asshole of the sea." When Dick states, "You say Dick, I come," one jokes, "You come where?" Some men have their front teeth busted out, and other, less severe contact also occurs. They then do so, projectile style, over the edge of a pier, all to serve as chum to attract a shark. Later, however, he's seen alive, albeit in a wheelchair (and we see bad scars on his torso when he shows others). was already featured in the trailer and on TV spots. Lion Sculpture. There's talk of the turkey "blowing Peter, and we then see others trying to pull it off him, resulting in a graphic view of his penis being stretched from his body. Gus tells the story of sticking a knife and then grenade into a man's head in the past. Danny has the center of his hair spiked up in a faux Mohawk. Those looking for a goofy comedy or who are fans of someone in the cast might be interested. There are a couple of distractions as our team needs to get money, in some gags that fall horribly, horribly flat. JOE DON BAKER plays a survivalist friend of Peter's late dad who wants to sell a map to Peter showing where Bigfoot was spotted (and needs the money to buy Lithium and another drug). ImitativeBehavior $6.6M, Runtime: ERNEST BORGNINE plays Peter's cameraman, a holdover from when his father hosted the show. Luckily for him, his father's survivalist friend, Bill Calhoun (JOE DON BAKER), has knowledge of a sighting of Bigfoot. Fred and Peter share a joint. JUMP SCENES About a puffer fish, it's said that it sucks its "balls" into its stomach. Peter refers to some aborigines as "pygmy people." The crew eat various piranhas as revenge for them earlier eating Dick, with Whitaker finally realizing and telling the others, "Doesn't that mean we're eating Dick?" This shit is always hilarious and I thought this movie was pretty funny as a whole, Pete, Pete! Boyinaband So look, I'm a shark in a fist fight Underwater where Ash Head is pounding in a daze Bruised wrists and your body Bowling for Soup Seas of love don't come to mind When I think what We see surveillance footage (thus from a distance) of Bill's wife removing her shirt and then turning around in front of Sky, with him then having rear entry intercourse with her (we see movement). Strange. Peter and Fred end up fighting in an office where they knock things over and a chair ends up being thrown through a glass wall (played for comedy). They think Cheryl stole their stuff as well, but she later returns, states that she'd want to "f*ck you guys before I'd f*ck him" and adds that she "took one for the team" to convince Gus to give her their Bigfoot map (meaning she did something sexual with him in exchange for that). WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? Junior uses a bong. Clearly they thought they were in for some hysterical reactions from moviegoers. Peter and Fred show it to Lawson. A postscript states that Strange Wilderness became successful again and dominated the 3:00 AM slot. Junior spray paints a large image of a penis and scrotum, and then makes a mock masturbation gesture with his hand over that image. YouTube - Shark Laugh Not a brilliant movie, but it had its moments. The next day while crossing the river, Dick is attacked and eaten by piranhas. Oh, I almost forgot Peter Dante, a.k.a. Peter comments on Cooker wearing a thong after the later bends over. We hear that Peter's dad died sometime in the past, but we don't know when, and there's no leftover grieving. :D Strange Wilderness Trailer (HD) . ASHLEY SCOTT plays the lone woman on the TV crew who's briefly seen topless while high from nitrous oxide, and it's suggested she does something sexual with Gus. Imagine that group of actors "riffing" for 85 minutes, and you'd probably come up with something funnier and more entertaining than this movie, which was presumably written beforehand. Expert audioThis durable speaker plays True Stereophonic, multidirectional soundhigh-quality audio that the artists, producers, and sound mixers intended. In one five-minute sequence, Zahn and Covert mess with some Latino gangsters, who knock out their teeth with a hydraulic-assisted car. Later, it's seen leaking inside the RV, followed later by views of everyone inside there high, taking hits off that and drinking. Anyone else see the movie strange wilderness? This leads to a fight within the group. Cooker uses a hand buzzer to shock Cheryl's hand, and later twice gets Whitaker on the crotch with the same thing. gtag('js', new Date()); Peter and Fred show it to Lawson. As for reviews, Strange was slaughtered: It's got an amazing ZERO percent on Rottentomatoes.com (meaning no published review could be called "positive" in any way), and a 12 percent on Metacritic. Additionally, there are a few less than inspired performances, particularly those of teen comedy-fave Jonah Hill, portraying crew member Cooker, and Broken Lizard member Kevin Heffernan as Whitaker. There's talk of the turkey "blowing Peter, and we then see others trying to pull it off him, resulting in a graphic view of his penis being stretched from his body. During the aforementioned "making of the turkey/dick scene," the cast and crew sit around the monitors and crack up. This is all played for comedy. Funny Things. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) Comments are turned off for this Pin . When sharks sleep, they swim very slowly and gape their mouths. Paramount Pictures, Production Co: "You like Dick?" Which is why there's I Watched This On Purpose, our feature exploring the impulse to spend time with trashy-looking yet in some way irresistible entertainments, playing the long odds in hopes of a real reward. That prompts the guys to say they have maps as well, hoping she'll do the same to/with them. We see shaky camera footage of an alligator attacking and killing a person (it's hard to see any details). The nature commentaries are an absolute laugh riot due to their extreme inanity, including the amazingly bizarre laughing shark loop that is truly the climax of the film. And a good time. None. Bill wears a sidearm, and later is seen carrying a rifle. Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head: Season 2, Link to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 5, Link to Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Link to RT25: Celebrating 25 Years of Rotten Tomatoes, Link to Betty Gilpin & Co. on Deciphering, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, R (Drug Use|Crude and Sexual Humor|Nonstop Language). Because this review is for Strange Wilderness, a comedy that was a bit past its prime before it was even released. Art. Bill sees surveillance footage of his wife removing her shirt and then turning around in front of Sky, with him then having rear entry intercourse with her. This is all played for comedy. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. "That's f*cked up," "You stupid f*ck," "Get in the f*cking car," "You f*cking asshole," "Oh sh*t," "Check this sh*t out," "You're sh*tting me," "Sh*t, man," "Bullsh*t," "Eating the sh*t out of" "That's the craziest sh*t I've ever seen," "Holy sh*t," "I'll be laying some serious pipe," "Whore," "You want him to piss that turkey off his hog?" He has no problem with Peter or others smoking pot, but doesn't go along with them on their hunt for Bigfoot. There are comments about liking Dick, if he ever lets his dog lick his name, and if his name gets hard in the morning. Guns/Weapons The comedy is in the absurdity of every situation. Heavy We see that Junior stole a canister of nitrous oxide from a dentist's office. When the show is threatened with cancellation, Peter and his know-nothing crew of . Take this scene, in which Zahn and Covert are auditioning animal handlers. Peter and his crew end up shooting and killing Bigfoot, and then try to justify that with various excuses. The time slot for the show has been shifted to the super late night, and the brass are ready to pull the plug. He then makes various comments about quitting, adding that his current beer is his last. How much of the experience wasn't a total waste of time? Strange Wilderness is a long running wildlife programme which is now succeeded by Peter (Steve Zahn), the host of the show, whose father had made the programme into one of the best loved prime time shows. While urinating in the bushes, Peter is attacked by a mother turkey, ending up with his penis inside its mouth. 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