Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0261392
Official Site| http://newsaskew.com/va5
Releases | August 22, 2001

If you’re not familiar with the work of director Kevin Smith, about half of the jokes and many of the cameos in this film are going to fly right over your head.

In a giant in-joke for Kevin Smith fans, recurring characters Jay and Silent Bob find that Hollywood is making a movie out of the “Bluntman & Chronic” comic book based on them. After visiting an Internet movie rumor site where anonymous posters virulently slam them and the film, they decide to head to Hollywood and stop it from being made so people will stop talking smack about them online. Of course, they meet adventures along the way.

Smith has proclaimed that he is leaving his New Jersey characters behind, and the film is a fond farewell to them. It is definitely worth renting the Smith ouevre prior to seeing this film so you’re up on all the characters and references that fly by, and this will be a definite rental in itself for Smith fans to obsess over.

Even if you’re not a huge fan of Smith, if you’re among those who don’t take Hollywood too seriously, this’ll probably be a fun watch.

As a sample of some of the more obscure humor, there’s character named Marshall Willenholly. If that flew over your head, visit the URL below for a hint.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0071005