Here we have "Hollyweed", a 25-minute episode that was intended (if audience appreciation was high enough) to be picked up for a recurring series, but as this was released back in 2016, it seems it will never happen. Or maybe it will, lets see. I personally enjoyed the watch for the most part. The scenes outside the store were better than those inside, i.e. all the scenes with Smith and Shaw were the highlight, also at the porn shooting. So I just mentioned Kevin Smith here, the loyal imdb collaborator for years now, and he is the man in charge here of writing, directing and playing one of the main characters. And he does a fairly fine job overall. Yes it does get a bit too much liberal Hollywood occasionally, like for example with the weed store at the center of it all and also with some anti-gun references too, but yeah, even for me as a conservative this did not take away anything really from the entertainment factor. So it's a bit of a pity this did not get picked up apparently, it could ahve made for a nice little series. But some of the actors, Shaw most of all, found success recently in other projects. Now back to this one here, this includes a few pretty well-known names, no stars or anything, but actors you have certainly come across in other projects and if you are a film/series buff, then you will recognize the faces at least, maybe even their names. So go see Hollyweed, maybe this will raise the tiny chances for it to still be turned into a show. You will not regret the watch. I give it a thumbs-up and I am positively surprised as I have not been too big on other stuff by Smith and the subject and gemneral plot idea did not sound too appealing to me either. But yeah, they delivered. Well done.
Review of Hollyweed
