Yoga Hosers

There are some directors in Hollywood, who don´t like to follow the same pattern. They just want to make films, without being forced to do projects from the film studios. Sometimes though, they will agree to make one film, just to get money. One example of this, is director Kevin Smith. The film i was thinking about, that the studio wanted him to do was Cop Out with Bruce Willis, that turned out to be a bad choice. Most of you might remember his films Clerks, Mallrats, or perhaps Dogma ? From the 90´s and into the millenium, director Kevin Smith have continued making films in all genres, and he also have worked on other funny projects. His early films from the 90´s became cult films, especially Clerks. Even if the budget was limited, he proved himself to be a film maker with a passion to deliver characters, that especially young people would love. Especially the characters Jay & Silent Bob. They even got their own film Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, a film that is still today really funny, with crazy cameos and insane ideas. I personally think that one of Kevin Smith´s best films is Clerks II, a sequel much better than i expected. This is a really funny film, with a really good cast included. One of his most serious films, known as Red State, turned out to be one of his better films. I really love the acting from Michael Parks, as the insane sect leader Albin Cooper. Red State is a film i highly recommend everyone to see. Since Kevin Smith always have been busy, making all kinds of projects, i remember how excited i was to hear about a film called Tusk. This seemed to be something completely different from his previous work. The film turned out to be one of his best films in many years, simply because of the acting from Justin Long and Albin Cooper. Their scenes together is just a proof of how you do characters right, and make dialogue feel interesting. Tusk may not have made much money at the box office, but at least the film did get some positive reviews, even from myself. After Tusk came out, it seemed as if Kevin Smith was planning a trilogy, making three films from the Tusk idea. This sounded really fun, and when he finally announced that his next film would be called Yoga Hosers, i knew we might have something special to look forward to. It turned out that Yoga Hosers did not get a theatre release worldwide, so instead i had to see the dvd release instead. Since Tusk turned out to be such a great time, is this next chapter of the Kevin Smith new trilogy a step in the right direction, or should he have skipped making a sequel ?

Colleen Collette ( Lily-Rose Depp ) and Colleen McKenzie ( Harley Quinn Smith ) are two young girls, working in their ususal mini market store. They spend most of their time training Yoga, with their guru, Yogi Bayer ( Justin Long ). At school the girls learn about the Nazi Party, that once had an influence in Winnipeg. Led by the self-proclaimed " Canadian Fuhrer " Adrien Arcand ( Haley Joel Osment ), and his right-hand man Andronicus Arcane ( Ralph Garman ), the Canadian Nazis brought terror and destruction to society. Adrien was later arrested, but Andronicus was never found. But what the Colleen girls don´t know, is that Canadian Nazi Andronicus have been frozen down for many years, as he has awakened with an army of Bratzis, Bratwurst Sausage Nazis, that will help him finish his plans. But the Colleens use their Yoga powers to strike back, and with some help of Detective Guy LaPointe ( Johnnny Depp ), they will strike back against the Canadian Nazis.

Since i really enjoyed the film Tusk, and read that Yoga Hosers would be kind of a follow up to Tusk, i was hoping to see Kevin Smith deliver once again. Unfortunately, Yoga Hosers is no where as good as Tusk is, or his other classic films. What started off pretty fun, becomes a very odd mix of a comedy, joking about canadians and nazis. I love vulgar comedies that manage to combine comedy in a raw way. But only if it is made correctly. Yoga Hosers have so many strange scenes, and odd characters, it is hard to know what Kevin Smith wanted to show to the world with this film. I can understand he wanted to do something different from Tusk, and use some of the characters from that film again. But he should have done it in a different way, and still made fun of canadians. The so called funny scenes falls pretty flat, and i don´t really enjoy myself as much as i did in his previous film. I think Kevin Smith might have tried to throw in to many diffrerent elements in here, and the result is a film that fails. Main characters Colleen Collette and Colleen McKenzie, played by Lily-Rose Depp and Harley Quinn Smith, do their canadian characters once again from Tusk. They have a few funny scenes together, but the best character in this film is actually Jonny Depp as Guy LaPointe. His french detective character is so awful, that you have to enjoy his performance. Justin Long as the Yoga teacher Yogi Bayer is also pretty funny. Then we get nazi sausages running around, even a canadian satanist who wants a virgin. Director Kevin Smith is a good director, and he have proved himself over the years. Yoga Hosers is a film that seems to be made for a young generation. Nothing wrong with that, because his first films was specifically made for a younger audience. But times have changed, and i dont know if a film like this will find the right audience. I will say this though, i like that director Kevin Smith does not follow the same pattern in his films, he have many ideas and he only takes on projects that he enjoy. Since i was hoping this would be a film as good as Tusk, i can honestly say i am disappointed. Yoga Hosers is a film that most likely will be forgotten, and that is not a good sign. Just think of Clerks II, one of the best sequels i have seen in many years, there you could tell Kevin Smith knew exactly what he was doing. I suggest you put in Tusk again in your blu ray player, until the third film in the series is released. that is supposed to be called Moose Jaws. I actually love that title, let´s hope he get things right by then.

Rating: DD