Fazz gets a double dose of dudes doing dumb things
Publisher: Shock
Wed, 23 November 2005
by: Fazz
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Crazy White Boys:
The DVD opens with the following important disclaimer: "Warning: The shit in this video has been performed and supervised by Crazy White Boys. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. If you do, and get fucked up, it's on you asshole. We're not responsible for your bullshit antics." What follows is fifty minutes of needless pranks, and a few moments of hilarity thrown into the mix.
The opening stunt involves a bunch of motorcycles tearing down a California freeway, when one of the riders stands on the tank of his bike with a bus right behind him. The police proceed to pull him over. For every one of these skits, you get three on the level of the drunken frat-boy on spring break unknowingly quaffing pints of urine. The authorities arrive again after the boys obtain a used car and proceed to destroy the thing, all for the cameras. Another disclaimer reads "Non-professional driver on an open course."
The DVD is at its worst when it was at its most repulsive. Vomiting, fights, a night vision video of a mousetrap in action, a guy biting the heads off of live fish, all were not only disgusting, but a little dull to anyone who has been jaded by shockumentaries and reality TV. Scott Lane does a boring stint about how to get freebies from McDonald's. The guys demolish the interior of a house with motorbikes. Man lights genitalia on fire... again… More and more puking. There is a drive-by paintball shooting, which is going to be uber un-funny some day when a victim pulls a tech-9 and blows some of these pranksters away. The most distasteful segment might be a bunch of booze-hounds commenting on terrorists.
However, once in a great while something funny or entertaining might happen. The boys take off bum fighting by giving the participants actual martial arts skills. There is a pornographic segment involving what look like Barbie and Ken dolls. Two women foxy-box topless. Lane goes to meet his hero, Jackass' Steve-o, by grappling him onstage during a live show. Steve-o is none-too-impressed, which makes Scott, and me, laugh heartily. The boys booby-trap a bicycle, then dump it in Newport Beach and videotape it. No one steals it, so they run it on down to Compton and find a victim, a poor, misled youth who decides to steak the bike and pays the price. Another piece of footage captures a world-record setting cross country mono.
For all its wackiness and zaniness, Crazy White Boys seems to me to be another of those Jackass Spin-off deals we've come to expect in recent years. It has none of the originality and humor of the early CKY releases, but retains all the poor production values. If you're into mindless pranks, go get this now, but be warned, some of the pranks, as on Steve-o's DVD are random acts of violence on innocent bystanders… so beware.
Decade of Destruction:
The demented minds of XYZ have been hard at work creating the most destructive video known to man, WELCOME TO THE UNHOLY WORLD KNOWN AS DECADE OF DESTRUCTION.
The Blurb claims some big things, but can it deliver? Firstly, we know these guys didn't start it, the likes of the Crusty Demons and Bam and the CKY boys did. So let's just forget all of that for a minute shall we?
The DVD's menu starts off with some blisteringly huge metal tunes… already I'm interested. Upon starting the show, the disclaimer is already to be taken more seriously than the last one I saw.
After a slightly disturbing opening montage of scenes of war, violence and destruction, all set to hardcore death metal music, the main feature moves on straight into what we all like to see but hate to admit it… People skateboarding and getting really hurt. Next up we have the launch party for Slayer's "you hate us all"., on September 11th, 2001, a date we shall all remember. For no reason we move into a scene of some guy talking about getting shot in the arm and showing off his injuries. More skating, more trouble with the authorities… you begin to get the picture.
As we go on we see more wanton acts of self-harm, stupidity, nudity, skateboarding, and general bad behavior set to modern metal music. All in all this caries on for the next hour and a bit. If you're from a skateboarding background like Mugwai and myself, then some of the footage on this DVD is absolutely amazing, with some stunts and tricks many of us only ever dream of. The rest of the time is taken up by more acts of vandalism, alcoholism, and all sort of degenerate activities.
I was a bit more impressed with this DVD. The soundtrack boasts some heavy hitters in the metal field, and on a whole, the DVD was produced to a much finer standard. Good production, good stunts, well, planned out. It just goes to show that a little money and experience can take you a long way.
On a whole I wasn't disappointed with either DVD. "Crazy White Boys" is exactly what it claims, and nothing more. XYZ have gone the extra mile with "Decade of Destruction" though, so it's a stand-up performer in my books.
by: Fazz
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