My goodness, what an odd movie. As I’m writing this, I’m watching the making of the movie…
The main thing in the movie is films that are remade by Jack Black, and Mos Def. There are some really very good comic sequences in this film, but, there are also some really very very odd things in the film.
The films are remade, due to an accident early on where all the video tapes are wiped out.
As others have said, the story seems practically non existent. The ending is all about earning enough money to keep an old video store open.
The first remade film was for a customer of the video store who knew the owner (who had taken leave for a week) and they were hoping she woudn’t notice it wasn’t the real film, as she’d never seen it before.
A large part of the cast were actually from the town of Passaic, where the film is set, which was a really nice touch. They’re actually properly in the film, not just simple extras.
As odd as it was, I did enjoy this movie.
I give it 6/10