Postal (2007)

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Uwe Boll (written by) and
Bryan C. Knight (written by)

Release Date:

18 October 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Thriller

Tagline:

Some comedies go too far... others start there.

Plot:

In the ironically named city of Paradise, a recently laid-off loser teams up with his cult-leading uncle to steal a peculiar bounty of riches from their local amusement park; somehow, the recently arrived Taliban have a similar focus, but a far more sinister intent.

Plot Keywords:

Taliban | Bodily Dismemberment | Blood And Guts | Credit Card Declined | 911 Conspiracy Theory

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Zack Ward	...	Dude
Dave Foley	...	Uncle Dave
Chris Coppola	...	Richard
Jackie Tohn	...	Faith
J.K. Simmons	...	Candidate Welles
Ralf Moeller	...	Officer John
Verne Troyer	...	Himself
Chris Spencer	...	Officer Greg
Larry Thomas	...	Osama Bin Laden
Michael Paré	...	Panhandler
Erick Avari	...	Habib
Lindsay Hollister	...	Recorder
Brent Mendenhall	...	George W. Bush
Rick Hoffman	...	Mr. Blither
Michael Benyaer	...	Mohammed

Also Known As:

Postal: Der Film (Germany)
Postal: The Movie (USA) (alternative transliteration)

MPAA:

Rated R for extremely crude humor throughout, including strong sexuality, graphic nudity, violence, and for pervasive language and some drug use.

Runtime:

100 min | Germany:114 min (Director's Cut DVD) | 127 min (long version) | 107 min (original cut) | 102 min (unrated DVD version)

Country:

USA | Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | USA:R | Canada:18A | UK:18 | Australia:MA | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Cloverdale, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG

Trivia:

Rob Schneider, Jamie Kennedy, David Cross and Sarah Silverman were approached but didn't want to get involved with the movie.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: On the UK release DVD there is a typo on the blurb which is meant to read 'first they must foil'. Instead it reads 'first they most foil'.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Asif: Congratulations, Nabi. We are at the doorstep of our martyrdom.

Movie Connections:

References Casablanca (1942)

Soundtrack:

The Magic Sound

You may not Believe it, but I REALLY liked it.

Disclaimer: Let me start by saying that I was neither drunk nor high when I watched this movie. I watched it stone cold sober, alone, in my living room.

Amazingly I just gave an Uwe Boll film 8 stars, I know, I can't believe it myself. If I were twelve years old and still read MAD Magazine I'd probably have given it ten stars.

There are plenty of "zany" pop culture riffing movies out there, (Meet the Spartans, Super Hero Movie, Date Movie, etc.) but the difference here is Postal works. I laughed throughout the entire movie, with the exception of about seven jokes which didn't make sense or just didn't work. But it doesn't matter that these seven jokes failed because the movie is an endless stream of jokes, sight gags, bikini clad cult members, machine gun battles, and bad taste in the vein of John Waters/Troma Films earliest efforts.

It's too bad Uwe Boll got himself involved in a petty internet pi**ing contest over this film. I think had he just been modest, kept his mouth shut, and let the film speak for itself it may have been a minor success. The old Hollywood saying about there being "no such thing as bad publicity" doesn't work for you when all you get is BAD PUBLICITY.

That said, the only real problems with the film are the low budget production values and a few of the minor performances, but even those problems just add to the humor of this film.

The plot actually made sense.

The actors played it straight without being too zany too often.

And the jokes, although in bad taste and definitely not for everybody, were never so mean spirited that I was turned off by them.

I think Uwe Boll knew what he was doing with this picture. The satire and parodies worked well, and there were even a few jokes that made me want to cheer. I know, crazy huh?