After directing his first low budget,grainy,black & white opus,'Clerks'(unless you count an unfinished short film featuring Prince,that ended up being screened in segments,during Prince's next concert tour on a background screen,and silent,none the less), Kevin Smith went on to direct a series of films that varied in quality: Good (Chasing Amy),very good (Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back),so-so (Mallrats),and down right unwatchable (Jersey Girl). He needed another hit,really bad. Despite the fact that Smith announced after 'J&SBSB' that his best two known characters would be phased out, he had no other choice but to revive them in his next film. This film was the eagerly awaited, 'Clerks II' (which would originally carry the co title:Still Clerkin' After All These Years,which was eventually dropped,in favour of just Clerks II). The results:fans ate this stuff up,lock,stock & barrel. The plot finds Dante (Brian O'Hallorin)& his side kick,Randall,now working at a fast food joint,after the Quick Mart burned down. As with the original Clerks,all manner of gross jokes,crude sexual humour,wall to wall swearing,and to top it all off,brief nudity. In short,a raunchy good time is in store for those who got their groove on with the first film (me,included). As with the first Clerks,sub plots,overlapping jokes,pop culture references being tossed around like Greek salad,etc. Well worth a rental for your next video get together. Rated 'R' by the MPAA for the above mentioned raunchiness (and more).
Review of Clerks II
