One thing we all know for sure is that Charles Band is obsessed with two things: miniature monsters and sequels. With series like Puppet Master and Demonic Toys, he’s built an entire empire on that obsession. Since 2006, Band has been spearheading another franchise with Evil Bong. The first film kind of catapulted instantly to cult status, though I’ve always felt much of that was due to the participation of Tommy Chong. Either way, the series has continued to gain momentum, and seventeen years later, we now have Evil Bong 888: Infinity High. What’s being billed as the series swan song, this final film delivers everything you’d expect from the series.
Rabbit (Sonny Carl Davis) has finally decided that it’s time for him to go legit when an opportunity presents itself for him to open a restaurant. Old habits die hard, and he finds himself slipping back into his old ways. The talking bong Eebee is his master chef, and weed is definitely a secret ingredient in the gourmet meals.
What he hopes to be a massive success, the problems just continue to mount on top of one another, like forgetting to order food or the fact that Eebee and his other chef are at each others’ throats. Will they be able to pull it all together, or will they crash and burn before they even really get started?
With Charles Band behind the camera and Kent Roudebush penning the screenplay, Evil Bong 888 continues to deliver the jokes and cleavage set forth in eight previous films (including The Gingerdead Man vs. Evil Bong). If you’re familiar with Full Moon and its core group of actors, you know who to expect and what they can deliver.
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Davis clearly has fun in the role. Fans of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs will certainly enjoy seeing Diana Prince (Darcy the Mail Girl) in an acting role. There’s nothing really surprising to see, but a movie like this has an expectation of what it’s to deliver, and it does. I haven’t seen all the films, so I was a little confused at times, but it’s not meant to titillate your intellect, maybe just the fourteen-year-old in you. Childish humor reigns in this series, and every now and again, everyone needs an escape like that, and this will satisfy that itch.
Full Moon usually doesn’t pack its discs too heavily with special features, and this one is no exception. There’s a trailer collection as well as the featurette, “Bad to the Bong: 16 Years of Eebee.” Evil Bong 888: Infinity High is nothing more than fan service, and it doesn’t have to be anything else. It’s barely a feature film with a fifty-six-minute runtime, but the juvenile humor and the gorgeous cast of lovely ladies will most certainly find its audience.
If this is the last film, then it goes out the way it should. Though, I’m not so sure Band will ever truly let it go.
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