Housos
vs Authority
(2012)
Housos
vs. Authority is a
feature film spin-off of
the sitcom about the
lives of a bunch of
housos, who are people
who live in
government-owned
accommodation because
they are poor. Dazza
Jones (comedian Jabba),
his wife Shazza (Elle
Dawe), their two kids,
Dazza's mum and her
husband all live in one
house. Throughout the
day, they interact with
their friends Vanessa
(Vanessa Davis), who's
with Kev and Franky
(writer/director/producer
Paul Fenech) who when
not rooting any girl he
can find, he's a general
annoyance to local
police. When Shazza gets
a letter from her long
lost mother, who is
dying, she decides to go
see her in Alice
Springs. But, she and
Dazza have no money. And
the only way to get
quick money is from the
bikies run by Angry
(Angry Anderson). It
just so happens he needs
drugs transported to
Alice Springs and gives
her the loan of a camper
van to get there. So,
the gang hop in for a
trip to Alice Springs.
Shazza meets her mother,
they reconcile, then her
mother dies. Her last
wish is to scatter her
ashes on Ayres Rock,
which is now $25 a
person to visit. Not
having that money they
get around that and get
to Ayres Rock,
desecrating in a way
only a houso can. All
bar Franky are caught,
but the local court let
them off. This pisses
off their local member
of parliament who wants
them to pay, big time.
Well,
what can I say about
this film. Firstly, this
film is just preaching
to the converted, it's
the same jokes on heavy
repetition (the same
jokes from Fenech
previous shows as well.
That dead horse he's
beating is going to be
beaten for plenty more
years and series to
come). So, nothing in
this film is going to
change your opinion of
this movie. It's the
same, same, same but
longer. Holy shit, it's
longer. There's barely
enough plot to make 25
minutes of a TV show and
now it's bafflingly 102
minutes long. The first
50 minutes are where all
the laughs are and it is
already running out of
juice by then. And the
plot of the film has
barely started. They
haven't even gotten to
Alice Springs by then.
In fact, when Housos vs.
Authority decides on a
plot, it dies horribly
and drags and drags and
drags until it ends.
Both the TV show and the
movie are much better
when going for dodgy
gags; the plot is just
padding. Housos vs.
Authority is shithouse,
but depending on your
opinion of Paul Fenech's
comedy, that can be a
good or a bad thing.
Personally, I got
laughs, but by halfway,
this film dies, many
times, as the laughs
peter out.
Below, there's a quite a
few videos from the
Bluray extras.
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