Review by Adam Stephen Kelly
Stars Joshitsuo Montoya, Kevin Strange, T-Bag Bech, Triplesix, Erik A. Williams | Written by Kevin Strange
US Certification Unrated | US RRP $12.99 | DVD Region 0 | Runtime 72 minutes | Directed by Kevin Strange
Hack Movies' latest cinematic endeavour/feature-length oddity follows Nixon and Hogan, the two hapless, bumbling, sex-obsessed stoners from Kevin Strange's films of the past, as they join forces with Santa Claus to battle an evil witch and save Christmas. Regrettably, that summary sounds a little too PG, and this film couldn't be more child-unfriendly. Imagine PG is Australia and the movie is England, now measure the gap. That's how far apart they are. In Nixon and Hogan Smoke Christmas, the jolly old fat man has turned into a brain-eating zombie after smoking a dangerous batch of marijuana created by Sasparilla the Weed Witch, and she intends to steal his great Christmas power by sodomising him to death.
Sounds... strange, doesn't it? Well it is. Written and directed by and starring a Mr. Strange and set in the Grand Central Station of movie lunacy that is Strangeville, Nixon and Hogan Smoke Christmas could be considered a toilet humour epic. Pretty much every single line of dialogue uttered in this movie contains some kind of foul, depraved reference to sex, but that's how Hack Movies rolls and just how their fans like it, or 'Minions' as they are affectionately known by Kevin Strange and his fellow band of no holds barred movie-makers. I'm not sure if I'd call myself a Minion having only seen their last film CockHammer prior to this, but Kevin kindly sent me their entire library of sordid movies to watch along with my review copy of Nick and Hogan, so we'll see if I can be converted to Hackism.
The film was made on a shoestring and contains plenty of cheap and cheerful gore effects—many bodily fluids are spilled here. The camera they used looks pretty darn good for the obvious ultra-low budget, and I believe it's what they used to shoot their aforementioned last feature. Nothing detracts you more from a cheaply made film than a crappy camera and thankfully this isn't the case with this film.
I found myself laughing quite a bit at the extremely out-there dialogue, but to me all the gags seemed too similar to CockHammer, so I really hope I don't see an unfortunate trend when I check out their other Flicks from the Underground. It's sex and drugs without the rock and roll, and more sex and drugs and sex and drugs.
EXTRAS ★★ Two audio commentaries, outtakes, and five behind the scenes featurettes.