Postal (2008)

Pretty Good

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Absolutely Fantastic

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

I was extremely turned off from the movie at first mainly due to people calling a "terrible movie" and "The worst movie I've ever seen" on multiple occasions. Well after getting up the gumption to view this movie i was absolutely shocked by how much i loved it and how much it felt like something that almost belonged in the postal game series.All i really have to say is that if you like witty black humor or are a fan of the postal game series you will probably adore this film. Only problem with the experience was the occasional joke about video games which seem like an out of place forced way to reference the games.Overall i still give this film a ten out of ten

Although Rotten Tomatoes has given this movie a rating of just 8% and its rating on IMDb is 4.4, but I still made an effort to watch this movie. And I rue the day on which I saw this disgusting movie. I was flabbergasted to see how bad a movie can be. This movie has broken all records of being a bad movie. I mean how can a sane person make such a movie. Please save your time and do not watch this godforsaken movie. Your life would be lot better if it is without the impression of this waste of a movie in it. From direction to acting to storyline, all things in this movie combine perfectly to make this movie more and more pathetic. Never ever in my life have I seen such a bad, bad, bad movie.

Sheiz meister Uwe Boll actually shows some promise with "Postal"; it's probably his best film. At least with this one the laughs are intentional and it knows when it's stupid. That said, being the best Uwe Boll film is still like being the most comfortable medieval iron maiden.It's the story of an unnamed man (Zack Ward), a fed-up Joe blo whose overweight wife is cheating on him and whose job situation leaves a lot to be desired. We'll just call him "Postal". After catching the greasy trailer park supervisor on top of his wife, he's fed up with his life. He decides to join his scheming uncle in a con. The uncle in question (Dave Foley) is the leader of a phony cult. Basically he just feeds nonsense to the sheep that will follow him and sleeps with all of the beautiful women who get roped into the compound. Their plan is to steal a shipment of rare Krotchy dolls (think Tickle-Me Elmo, but shaped like a brown cartoon penis instead) and sell them on the internet for big bucks. Little do they know that Al Quaeda terrorists, including Osama Bin Laden also have their eyes on the dolls, which are filled with vials containing the bird flu virus.This movie's pretty bad, but not horrible. There are some genuinely funny jokes, like terrorists getting all worked up over the amount of virgins that will be left in heaven for them or the exact benefits of blowing themselves up. I also enjoyed the random scenes of outlandish violence throughout the film, mostly because a lot of bad child actors get blown away in slow motion. There are gags throughout the film that got multiple chuckles out of me, like a scene where the characters converge on "Little Germany" (formerly "Little Poland") and find Director Uwe Boll there, making fun of himself. I laughed pretty hard at the "explanation" of how exactly he manages to fund all of his terrible video game movies. I also thought that unlike in most of the other Uwe Boll films, the actors here were actually trying and doing a pretty good job. Zack Ward as Postal is a likable main character, if only because he's the only person that acts somewhat like a normal human being when confronted with the rampant madness in this film. Finally, the film could have easily been racist, but Uwe Boll and Bryan C. Knight make a point to satirize pretty much every religious group and demographic out there. This is how you do offensive humor; by offending everyone in turn, including yourself. That shows genuine understanding of distasteful comedy and in turn, genuine intelligence. It finally shows some improvement for Uwe Boll's films and I have to tip my hat to that.Despite the praise I have for the movie, it's still not enough to recommend it. For every joke that works, there are far more that fall completely flat. It's more so that when a joke doesn't work it isn't merely unfunny, it lingers on the screen for way too long and usually comes back again to remind you how unfunny it was the first time you saw it. Don't confuse "unfunny" for offensive either. I'm talking about a scene where two characters that we've barely seen during the entirety of the film start talking to each other like this: "What? I thought you were retarded!" says gun totting Bimbo number 1. "No, I was pretending" says the other bimbo. No punch line there, just a bad exchange. Some of the other bad jokes are just really obvious and have been done before and better. I'm talking about the penis-shaped Krotchy dolls, the full-frontal male nudity accompanied with literal toilet humor, the gross hillbilly and fat wife jokes, that kind of humor. The films shows promise at the beginning, but as it goes along the plot gets needlessly complicated and the jokes less and less inspired.The best I can say about "Postal" is that it's more of a bad, leaning towards mediocre comedy than a truly abysmal film like say... "House of the Dead", "Alone in the Dark" or "In the Name of the King". Those are so bad they're nearly unwatchable. If I was held at gunpoint and had to choose one of Uwe Boll's films to watch I would still go with "BloodRayne" or "BloodRayne: The Third Reich" but this would be an OK third place. I can't quite recommend it, but I feel it is my duty to note that this is a step towards better filmmaking for Uwe Boll and I applaud anyone who is actually progressing. The people in the film did actually manage to get some laughs out of me so I wish them all the best. (On DVD, May 17, 2014)

A fine movie. Cats are funny. Remember when Laurel and Hardy tried to eat their hamburgers and when they would bite down, there was a meow? In this wonderful motion picture the cat is doing a walk on. A non speaking role. He is silent or maybe a silencer. You decide. One of the best movie scenes in recent memory.There is plenty of humor. Like the old advertisement for The Loved One, this special production has something to offend everyone. It takes a shot at everything, especially kids at a mall party.This movie also has some very excellent photographic visuals that had to be stretching the budget. There are some crane shots and chase and action scenes that are top notch. It is fun to watch the pedestrians being hit by cars. It is OK to laugh. It is just a movie. They probably faked the trailer park shootout with toy guns or something. It sure looks real.The acting is better than what wins at the pretentious awards shows where the actors pretend to applaud for their competition. Here everyone chews the scenery. Over the top in every possible manner including toilet humor with audio effects.Oh... the job interview too. And the man in the suitcase with a flashlight that is a... You will see.