Sick Product of a Sick System

A Disappointing Continuation

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Yes that pig bastard is back to claim his revenge, his wild bordello, now a boat. Running into strife, paying off some gambling debts to Porky, the Angel Beach guys, looking older (though they we're old in their parts to begin with, but back then you could get away with it) try to reason out a deal with their arch nemeses, none too happy to see them, after their last encounter. Though still having it's moments, this pic has outworn it's welcome, the actors still giving their all, and staying true to their characters, a new hot chick popping up in this, with big, you know, part of our undersexed Pee Wee's dreams that became a triumphant reality, in the end. Too, Ballbreaker and the Angel Beach gang finally make a truce. You can't be angry forever. There are some quite familiar scenes, like Pee Wee's morning, 'Mum walking in' routine, plus another revenge from the boys in relation to Porky's business when Meat is kidnapped. He is forced to marry Porky's daughter who makes her pops good looking, and as you can guess, Meat, has a complete different agenda. Pee Wee is again made a brunt of the guy's remarks, pranks, one backfiring. The soundtrack among excerpts of other fifties tracks, "High School Nights" rocks. Not a disappointing effort, this Porky's I still quite like, but there's a time where you have to quit. Enough is enough. This will still go down as a hit with most Porky's fans, although, story wise it was a bit thin, I mean gambling debts. Trivia note. Flipper's Sandy (Luke Halpin) was the scuba technical adviser on this movie, oh how he's career changed.

The last part of the epic "Porky's"-trilogy is undeniably the weakest, mainly because it feels so straight to video. The production often seems lazy and cheap, and the director didn't exactly work overtime ever. Basketball has never looked this lackluster. The screenwriter tries his best to copy the style of the original, but the way things are directed makes the raunch look nasty rather than funny. The scene with Tommy and Balbricker, presumably one of the most hilarious scenes in the movie, just kinda made me ashamed for watching this. Has it come to this, I wondered, as Balbricker attempted to pull down his underwear for minutes straight. The only redeeming factor left are the actors, that surprisingly still look like they want to be there. Pee Wee is always entertaining, even if he doesn't get to do much. It's still Pee Wee. I also appreciate that Porky is back for the occasion, even though his evil plan makes little sense. And why is he telling people about it? That's just asking to be stopped. Either way, this is not too bad for a second sequel, but it's just so clearly not by the original makers.

Seeing as how Bob Clark didn't participate in this movie, it doesn't surprise me that the final movie in the Porky's trilogy lacked the energy that made the first two so funny. The events leading up to the revenge just seemed so unnecessary. Ultimately, this so-called revenge seemed more like another attempt to make Porky's life miserable. This was an inglorious way to end the series which (when it first started) was the first important teen movie of the 80s before we were subjected to the legacy of John Hughes and the Brat Pack.

Believe it or not, Porky's is the most successful Canadian-made film in history (still!). Porky's was the movie that first graduated from the drive-in circuit to the cinema. A big hit in both Canada and the U.S., it was the commercials that became my gateway to adult entertainment. Sadly, I was only 9 when the movie came out, so I had to wait.After seeing all three movies a number of times, I have to admit that Porky's Revenge is the best one. The story: Set in the late 1950's, a bunch of boys with "sex on the brain" battle with their nemesis, Porky. Porky is a "southern gentleman" who runs an illegal casino/brothel situated on a riverboat. The boys have been wanting to make this man's life miserable ever since he embarrassed them in the first movie. So once again, they plot to destroy his operation once and for all.The movie had some great scenes, like the pool party, the sneaking into a teacher's apartment and then seeing her and another faculty member doing S&M, and the basketball scenes. This one's script is a lot better and James "Welcome Back, Kotter" Komack does some decent direction. It's not very good, but it's watchable enough, I've seen this one about 7 times, including today.One last note: Porky's riverboat casino looks like the insides of The Hard Rock Hotel/Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. I guess now we know where Peter Morton got his inspiration from!