JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK... BARELY.

This month I review another one of my favorite directors: Kevin Smith. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is Smith's 5th installment of the Jay & Silent Bob saga, and it seems like this is the end of the road. This is a good thing. The movie is funny and it is great to see all the characters from the last five movies in one film, but you can tell he's taken the Jersey saga as far as he can. In the new movie, Jay and Silent Bob have to get to Hollywood to stop Miramax from making a Bluntman & Chronic movie. Along the way, we get to see some of our favorite Kevin Smith characters like Banky, Holden, Brodie, Dante and Randal. It's a fun movie, but don't look for any meaning from this film. Unlike earlier Smith films, Kevin doesn't deal with a lot of dialogue. It's really too bad because he's great at writing dialogue. It's action he has trouble with. I hope that once this film runs its course, Kevin will finally be free to bury Jay and Silent Bob. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a fan of Jay and Bob, I just don't want them to be the end of Kevin Smith. It's sad to see it come to an end, but at least he's bowing out and not bombing out like Tim Burton. Planet of the Apes bombed because it just sucked. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back will bomb because the well has run dry. I think most of you guys will enjoy film. Just know that it's probably the last.